Nike, Inc.

Nike Innovate C.v.

Piero Fenato

Elizabeth Langvin

Kevin W Hoffer

Jeffrey C Spanks

Daniel Akey Johnson

Elizabeth A Kilgore

Krissy Yetman

Randall S Wolfe

Peter Lam

Katelyn Ricciardi

Katelyn Bruce

A lace-receiving assembly includes a substrate, a first sheet, and a lace guide. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first sheet includes a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The third surface is bonded to the first surface to define a channel extending between the substrate and the first sheet. The lace guide is disposed within the channel.

Lacing system

A modular article of footwear comprises a sole structure having a foot-facing surface, a ground-engaging surface, and a peripheral side surface extending between the foot-facing surface and the ground-engaging surface. The peripheral side surface has at least one recess. The modular article of footwear includes an upper component, and a flange secured to the upper component and projecting therefrom. An inner surface of the flange fits against and is securable to the peripheral side surface of the sole structure with the flange in the at least one recess, and the upper component at least partially defining a foot-receiving cavity over the foot-facing surface. A method of manufacturing a customized article of footwear comprises receiving a request for an upper with a specified characteristic, and assembling the modular article of footwear having an upper in accordance with the request.

Modular article of footwear and method of manufacturing customized article of footwear

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

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