US 12,458,110 B2
Article of footwear having a closure system
Andreas Siegismund, Rueckersdorf (DE)
Assigned to PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on May 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/198,903.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/343,803, filed on May 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0371651 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A43C 1/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 1/00 (2013.01) [A43C 11/165 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
an upper attached to a sole structure, the sole structure including a midsole extending within a heel region of the footwear;
a disc that defines a first axis, the disc being positioned in the midsole within the heel region, and the disc having a first surface with a cord retainer and a second surface with a plurality of teeth; and
a cord having a first end and a second end, wherein a first tension is configured to be applied to the cord,
wherein the first surface is perpendicular to the second surface,
wherein the cord retainer includes a post that defines an aperture that is intersected by the first axis, and wherein the post connects to at least one retainer loop,
wherein at least one of the first end and the second end of the cord is retained within the at least one retainer loop of the cord retainer, and
wherein, when the disc is rotated about the first axis in a first direction, the first tension is applied to the cord and a length of the cord is wrapped around the post of the cord retainer.