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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2021
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Kevin R. Derr, Portland, OR (US);
Martin E. Evans, Portland, OR (US);
Chin-Chen Huang, Taichung, TW;
Cassidy R. Levy, West Linn, OR (US);
Matthew D. Nordstrom, Portland, OR (US);
Guillermo Raffaele, Portland, OR (US);
Hyo Young Kim, Busan, KR;
Abstract
An upper for an article of footwear includes a fixed closure disposed on one of a medial side and a lateral side of the upper, a plurality of parallel first strands each extending from a first end attached to the other one of the medial side and the lateral side of the upper to a second end attached the other one of the medial side and the lateral side and including a first intermediate portion formed between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of parallel second strands each extending from a third end attached to the one of the medial side and the lateral side of the upper to a fourth end selectively attachable to the fixed closure. The second strands are looped around the first intermediate portion of respective ones of the first strands.