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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Leo S. Chang, Portland, OR (US);
Kristina L. S. Kurcinka, Portland, OR (US);
Jun Peng, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 7/00 (2006.01); A43C 1/06 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/08 (2006.01); A43B 23/17 (2006.01); A43C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 7/00 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43B 23/088 (2013.01); A43B 23/17 (2013.01); A43C 1/06 (2013.01); A43C 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lace guide for an article of footwear comprises a base, a body protruding from the base, and an enlarged head at a distal end of the body. The body, the base, and the enlarged head define an external channel that extends at least partially around the body to receive and retain a lace. The base may be a heel counter, and the lace guide and the heel counter may be an integral, one-piece component. Alternatively, the base of the lace guide may be a wing extending along a side of the upper, or may be secured to a footwear upper.