US 12,376,653 B2
Lacing engine support structures for automated footwear platform
Eric P. Avar, Lake Oswego, OR (US); Narissa Chang, Portland, OR (US); and Fanny Yung Ho, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,633.
Application 18/382,633 is a continuation of application No. 17/953,690, filed on Sep. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,793,276.
Application 17/953,690 is a continuation of application No. 16/165,011, filed on Oct. 19, 2018, granted, now 11,457,696.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/574,953, filed on Oct. 20, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041163 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A43C 11/16 (2006.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 3/36 (2022.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/705 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 11/165 (2013.01) [A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/705 (2013.01); A43B 3/36 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mid-sole plate for use in a footwear assembly, the mid-sole plate comprising:
a body including a medial side, a lateral side, a superior surface and an inferior surface;
a lacing engine cavity disposed within the body and opening out to the superior surface of the body to receive a lacing engine, the lacing engine cavity including a floor to support the lacing engine once received into the lacing engine cavity, wherein the floor includes a reinforced floor structure covering a portion of the floor extending from a lateral side to a position adjacent a first lid latch recess to increase rigidity of the floor of the lacing engine cavity;
a medial lace guide disposed along the medial side of the body to direct a lace into the lacing engine cavity; and
a lateral lace guide disposed along the lateral side of the body to direct the lace into the lacing engine cavity.