US 12,239,189 B2
Zonal dynamic lacing system
George Chiou, Beaverton, OR (US); Ross Klein, Portland, OR (US); Tate E. Kuerbis, Portland, OR (US); Max Liu, Taichung (TW); Austin J. Orand, Portland, OR (US); Nuryani K Sulistyo, Taichung (TW); and Harry Y. Sun, Rowland Heights, CA (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/851,420.
Application 17/851,420 is a continuation of application No. 16/574,713, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,382,390.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,411, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322790 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43C 1/00 (2006.01); A43C 1/06 (2006.01); A43C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 1/003 (2013.01) [A43C 1/06 (2013.01); A43C 7/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper defining an interior void and having a medial side and a lateral side;
a sole structure attached to the upper and having a top surface facing toward the interior void and a ground-engaging bottom surface formed on an opposite side of the sole structure from the top surface, wherein the sole structure includes a cavity formed in the bottom surface;
a flap extending in a direction from the sole structure at a first side of the sole structure toward a second side of the sole structure, the flap including a first end fixed to the sole structure and a second end, opposite the first end, the second end being a free end of the flap movable relative to the upper;
a tightening grip extending from the medial side to the lateral side, the tightening grip disposed adjacent an ankle opening of the sole structure;
a first strap extending from the medial side to the lateral side adjacent the ankle opening;
a second strap extending from a first end on the lateral side to a second end on the medial side and from the second end on the medial side to a third end on the lateral side, wherein the second strap forms a loop at the second end;
a cable lock disposed within the cavity of the sole structure; and
a first cable extending from the cable lock having a first section extending from the second side to the flap, and a second section extending from the flap to the first side, the first cable operable to draw the flap toward the second side when moved from a relaxed state to a tightened state, wherein:
1) The first side is a lateral side of the sole structure and the second side is a medial side of the sole structure, or
2) The first side is the medial side of the sole structure and the second side is the lateral side of the sole structure.