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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Wolverine Outdoors, Inc., Rockford, MI (US);
Steven A. Workman, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
William J. Cass, Belmont, MI (US);
Clark A. Matis, Durango, CO (US);
Wolverine Outdoors, Inc., Rockford, MI (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper having a lacing system, an underfoot support plate, and a holding cage that has support members extending up from the support plate, forming a portion of a cradle around and rearward of a wearer's calcaneus bone. The support members join with the lacing system so when the cage is in a loaded state, the system translates a forward force of a wearer's instep against it, through the members so the cradle is pulled toward the calcaneus bone, with the lacing system, to impair the foot from sliding forward over the support plate. The footwear can include a tensioning member, joined with the system and a constrictor strap that wraps rearward around an ankle of the wearer, and operable in a tightening mode in which the lace is tightened to lock the holding cage against the heel and tighten the strap around the ankle.