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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2017
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Summer L. Schneider, Portland, OR (US);
Narissa Chang, Portland, OR (US);
Daniel A. Johnson, Portland, OR (US);
Peter R. Savage, Aloha, OR (US);
Travis J. Berrian, Beaverton, OR (US);
Fanny Yung Ho, Portland, OR (US);
Eric P. Avar, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Elizabeth A. Kilgore, Portland, OR (US);
Katelyn Bruce, Hillsboro, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems and apparatus related to footwear including a modular lacing engine are discussed. In this example, the footwear assembly can include a footwear upper and a lace cable running through a plurality of lace guides. The plurality of lace guides can be distributed along the medial side and the lateral side, and each lace guide of the plurality of lace guides can be adapted to receive a length of the lace cable. The lace cable can extend through each of the plurality of lace guides to form a pattern along each of the medial side and lateral side of the footwear upper. The footwear assembly can also include a medial proximal lace guide routing the lace cable into a lacing engine disposed within a mid-sole portion. Finally, the footwear assembly includes a lateral proximal lace guide to route the lace cable out of the lacing engine.