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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Tiffany A. Beers, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew A. Owings, Portland, OR (US);
Cody Collier Henderson, Denver, CO (US);
James Alan Capra, Steamboat Springs, CO (US);
Mark Stanley Soderberg, Conifer, CO (US);
Daniel Hipwood, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 11/00 (2006.01); B65H 59/38 (2006.01); A43C 11/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01); A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 59/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 59/384 (2013.01); A43B 3/0005 (2013.01); A43B 3/0015 (2013.01); A43B 11/00 (2013.01); A43C 11/00 (2013.01); A43C 11/008 (2013.01); A43C 11/165 (2013.01); A61F 5/028 (2013.01); B65H 59/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tensioning system for articles of footwear and articles of apparel is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The tensioning system may be used with various sensors to determine how the motorized tensioning device should be controlled.