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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
Reebok International Limited, London, GB;
Kevin Leary, Dedham, MA (US);
Matthew J. Costa, Canton, MA (US);
Dan Hobson, Waltham, MA (US);
Toby Birkinhead, Hertfordshire, GB;
John Greenhalgh, Foxboro, MA (US);
Thomas Piacentini, Waltham, MA (US);
REEBOK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, London, GB;
Abstract
An upper comprising a flexible layer configured to receive a foot, a bladder coupled to an outer surface of the flexible layer, and an inflation mechanism operatively coupled to the bladder for inflating the bladder such that the flexible layer is drawn toward the foot. The bladder extends from a lateral side in a heel region across a throat region to a medial side in the heel region. The bladder comprises a plurality of fluidly connected segments, each segment forming an angle with an adjacent segment.