US 12,004,986 B2
Foot and ankle support article
Jason Berns, Baltimore, MD (US); Alan Guyan, Baltimore, MD (US); Justin Schlothhauer, Baltimore, MD (US); Kevin Fisher, Baltimore, MD (US); and Michael White, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jun. 15, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/623,966.
Application 15/623,966 is a division of application No. 14/013,684, filed on Aug. 29, 2013, granted, now 9,707,119.
Application 14/013,684 is a division of application No. 13/157,023, filed on Jun. 9, 2011, granted, now 9,402,437, issued on Aug. 2, 2016.
Application 13/157,023 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/111,704, filed on May 19, 2011, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/357,075, filed on Jun. 21, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2017/0281391 A1, Oct. 5, 2017
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A43B 7/14 (2022.01); A43B 7/1475 (2022.01); A43B 7/20 (2006.01); A61F 13/06 (2006.01); A61F 13/62 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/0127 (2013.01) [A43B 7/14 (2013.01); A43B 7/1475 (2013.01); A43B 7/20 (2013.01); A61F 5/0111 (2013.01); A61F 13/066 (2013.01); A61F 13/62 (2013.01); A61F 13/622 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear comprising:
a sole;
an upper coupled to the sole, the upper defining a foot cavity configured to receive a human foot, the upper further defining an ankle region, a heel region below the ankle region, a midfoot region forward the heel region, and a forefoot region forward the midfoot region, wherein the upper comprises:
a first layer,
a second layer,
a plurality of elongated channels formed between the first layer and the second layer,
a support framework positioned between the first layer and the second layer, the support framework comprising:
a plurality of stiffening supports extending upward from the sole, across the ankle region and towards a top of the article of footwear, and
a plurality of tensioning members extending through the plurality of elongated channels formed between the first layer and the second layer, each of the plurality of tensioning members associated with one of the plurality of elongated channels and moveable within said associated channel, wherein each of the plurality of stiffening supports crosses each of the plurality of channels, and wherein at least one of the plurality of tensioning members overlaps each of the plurality of stiffening supports within at least one of the elongated channels; and
a lacing system positioned on the upper.