Puma Se

Markus Bock

Randolph Maussner

Arnaud Redon

Reinhold Sussmann

Raymond Alfred Horacek

Romain Girard

Andreas Siegismund

Federico Casalegno

Will Walker

Yihyun Lim

Yasaman Tahouni

Hunmin Koh

An article of footwear comprising an upper defining a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region of the article of footwear, and a sole structure coupled with the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole and an outsole coupled with a bottom surface of the midsole. A void structure is provided within the sole structure, which includes a plurality of voids defining channels that extend through an entire width of the sole structure. The void structure includes a plurality of first voids in the shape of a vertical lemniscate and a plurality of second voids in the shape of a horizontal lemniscate.

Article of footwear

A method for fastening a shoe is disclosed. The shoe has an upper part connected to a sole and a rotary closure that fastens the shoe using at least one tensioning element. The rotary closure has a rotatably arranged tensioning roller, and the tensioning roller is driven by an electric motor and a switching element. The switching element is connected to a controller, and includes touch sensitive sensors which form a surface that is accessible to the wearer. The switching element and the controller are configured to actuate the motor, and operation of fastening the shoe takes place by the controller detecting a first swipe signal over the touch sensitive sensors, and causing the fastening of the shoe at a first level of fastening force by the controller and the electric motor.

Systems and methods for fastening a shoe

A display system for an article of footwear includes a display device with an optoelectronic display, a control module that is configured to communicate with the display device, and a power source. The display system has a visual characteristic that is configured to correspond with a gait cycle of a user wearing the article of footwear.

Article of footwear having a display system

A display system for an article of footwear includes a display device with an optoelectronic display, a control module that is configured to communicate with the display device, and a power source. The display device is configured to be removably received within a receptacle formed in the article of footwear such that the optoelectronic display is visible from an outside of the article of footwear when the display device is received within the receptacle.

A footwear assembly includes at least one article of footwear with an upper, a sole structure coupled with the upper, a housing that houses a motor, a gear train that is configured to be driven by the motor, and a spool that is configured to loosen or tighten a first lace, a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) that are disposed under a cover of the housing, and a control printed circuit board (PCB) having a wireless communication module. The footwear assembly further includes an electronic device wirelessly coupled with the wireless communication module. The first lace can be incrementally tightened or loosened by tapping a region of the at least one article of footwear to initiate a tighten command or a loosen command.

Article of footwear having an automatic lacing system

An article of footwear includes an upper attached to a sole structure and a display system disposed on the upper. The display system includes a display portion, a control module, and a power source. The display portion includes a plurality of optoelectronic fibers. The control module is configured to communicate with the display portion. The power source provides electrical current to the control module and the plurality of optoelectronic fibers. The plurality of optoelectronic fibers each include a fabric layer disposed between a core electrode and an optoelectronic layer.

Article of footwear having a textile display system

An article of footwear includes an upper, a heel element, a sole structure, a medial side, and a lateral side. The upper includes an outer surface that defines a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The upper includes a membrane layer and a material layer. The material layer includes a knit fabric and defines a first knit zone and a second knit zone. The first knit zone has a tighter knit than the second knit zone.

Article of footwear having a knitted upper

An article of footwear includes a sole structure, an upper attached to the sole structure, and a lacing system. The lacing system includes a housing disposed on a tongue of the upper, a lateral side flap and a medial side flap that extend from the sole structure along lateral and medial sides of the upper, respectively, toward the tongue, a plurality of lateral lace retainers disposed along an upper end of the lateral side flap, a plurality of medial lace retainers disposed along an upper end of the medial side flap, and a lace that extends from the housing through the pluralities of lateral and medial lace retainers in a crisscrossing manner across the tongue.

The invention relates to a method for fastening a shoe (), having an upper part () and a sole () connected thereto, a rotary closure () for fastening the shoe () on the wearer's foot by means of at least one tensioning element (), the rotary closure () having a rotatably arranged tensioning roller (), and the tensioning roller () being driven by means of an electric motor (), and a switching element (), which is connected to control means (), wherein the switching element () and the control means () can actuate the electric motor (), wherein the operation of fastening the shoe () takes place by virtue of the person using the shoe () using a finger () to actuate the switching element (). In order for it to be possible for the shoe to be fastened on the wearer's foot in a particularly straightforward and reproducible manner, the invention provides for the switching element () to have a number of touch-sensitive sensors () which are arranged one beside the other and form a surface () which is accessible to a user's finger (), wherein the method comprises the following steps: The finger () is passed over the surface () of the touch-sensitive sensors () in a first direction (R), the control means () detects the signal from the touch-sensitive sensors () and the control means () and the electric motor () cause the shoe to be fastened on the wearer's foot with a first level of fastening force. The invention also relates to a shoe.

Method for fastening a shoe, in particular, a sports shoe, and shoe, in particular sports shoe

The invention relates to a shoe (), especially to a sports shoe, with a shoe upper () and a sole () connected with the shoe upper (), wherein the shoe () comprises a central fastener () for lacing the shoe () at the foot of a wearer, wherein the central fastener () comprises at least one tensioning element () which is arranged on or in a region of the shoe upper () by which a lacing force can be exerted onto the region of the shoe upper () and at least one gear element () driven by an electric motor (), wherein a section () of the tensioning element () can be pulled against a fixed location () of the shoe () by means of the gear element () to create a tensioning force for lacing the shoe () at the foot of the wearer. To provide a compact central closure system the invention proposes that the section () of the tensioning element () is a strap which comprises a gearing () or a profile, wherein the gear element () comprises a worm () which engages into the gearing () or profile to pull the strap () in a translational direction (T) at the rotation of the worm ().

Shoe, especially a sports shoe

A lacing system for an article of footwear has a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The system includes a sole structure, an upper attached to the sole structure, the upper having a lateral side, a medial side, and a tongue, a housing that is disposed along the tongue and entirely within the midfoot region, and an electronics assembly enclosed entirely within the housing. The electronics assembly includes at least a motor and a gear assembly. A first lace extends from the housing through a first aperture and a second aperture, and the first lace is drawn into the housing when the motor is activated by a user.

An automatic lacing system for an article of footwear includes a motor, a gear train coupled to the motor, a speaker, and a speaker controller in communication with the speaker and the motor. The speaker controller is configured to instruct the speaker to output a damping sound wave in response to activation of the motor to reduce or cancel sound generated by the motor or the gear train.

Article of footwear having an automatic lacing system with integrated sound damping

A method for putting on or taking off a piece of clothing or for closing, putting on, opening, or taking off a piece of luggage, including the steps of tightening or loosening by means of a tensioning element driven by a driven tension roller and a switching element. The tightening or loosening takes place by actuation of the switching element. The switching element has a number of contact-sensitive sensors which are arranged adjacent to one another and form a surface accessible to the user of the piece of clothing or of the piece of luggage. The method includes the steps of scanning the surface of the sensors by the user in a first direction, detecting the signal of the sensors by a controller, and causing a first tensioning force level or a first closing path of the tensioning element to be initiated by the controller and the electric motor.

Method for putting on or taking off a piece of clothing or for closing, putting on, opening, or taking off a piece of luggage

A shoe is disclosed that includes an upper having a closure mechanism that is arranged for lacing the shoe by at least one tensioning element, a rotatably arranged tensioning roller disposed within the closure mechanism, the tensioning roller being driven by an electric motor, and a closing button in communication with a control system for generating a closing signal that is configured to actuate the electric motor to lace the shoe. The closure mechanism is configured to tighten the shoe with a first level of lacing power when a first closing signal is generated and tighten the shoe with a second level of lacing power when a second closing signal is generated.

Shoe with lacing mechanism

A footwear assembly includes at least one article of footwear having an upper and a housing disposed along the upper. A first lace extends along portions of the upper and into the housing through a first lateral aperture or a first medial aperture. The housing defines a swipe panel, a sole structure coupled with the upper, and a control PCB comprising a wireless communication module. The footwear assembly further includes an electronic device wirelessly coupled with the wireless communication module. The first lace can be incrementally tightened or loosened by swiping the swipe panel or via an input on a display screen of the electronic device.

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