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Patent No.:

US 10085517 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2016

Motorized tensioning system

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:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Tejash Patel

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 31/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01); A43C 1/00 (2006.01); A41F 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 3/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/01 (2006.01); B65H 59/38 (2006.01); A41D 27/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 11/165 (2013.01); A41D 27/08 (2013.01); A41F 1/00 (2013.01); A43B 3/0005 (2013.01); A43C 1/00 (2013.01); A61F 5/01 (2013.01); B65H 59/382 (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 motorized tensioning device includes a torque transmitting system that allows for incremental tightening, incremental loosening and full loosening of the tensioning member.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Beers, Tiffany. (2018). Motorized tensioning system (U.S. Patent No. 10085517). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10085517

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