US 12,446,663 B2
Tensioning system for article of footwear
Lindsey K. Andreasen, Beaverton, OR (US); YongSeon Lee, Hochiminh (VN); Austin J. Orand, Portland, OR (US); and Jessica Small, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/166,544.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/970,136, filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235819 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A43C 11/20 (2006.01); A43B 23/26 (2006.01); A43C 7/08 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 11/20 (2013.01) [A43B 23/26 (2013.01); A43C 7/08 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable lock for an article of footwear, the cable lock comprising:
a cartridge including a receptacle and one or more legs, the one or more legs attached to and extending from the receptacle forming a gap between the receptacle and the one or more legs; and
a lock device removably received within the receptacle, the lock device operable between an unlocked state to allow a cable to move through the lock device in a tightening direction and a loosening direction and in a locked state to prevent the cable from moving through the lock device in the loosening direction,
wherein the receptacle further includes:
a chamber, extending from a first end to a second end disposed opposite the first end, configured to receive the lock device, the chamber including a pair of peripheral walls extending along a length of the chamber from the first end to the second end, and the chamber including an end wall extending along a width of the chamber connecting the pair of peripheral walls at the second end of the chamber, the chamber further including a pair of shoulders each having a longitudinal surface extending parallel with the pair of peripheral walls from the first end of the chamber the second end of the chamber, the longitudinal surfaces being laterally spaced apart from each other to define a first width of a channel extending laterally between the pair of shoulders, each pair of shoulders having an end surface transverse to the longitudinal surface and defining a portion of the channel having a second width that is wider than the first width, wherein the lock device is continuously supported by the pair of shoulders from the first end of the chamber to the second end of the chamber.