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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2024
Applicant:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jean-Marie Bidal, Marlborough, MA (US);
Paul O. Teeter, Pembroke, MA (US);
Assignee:
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43C 1/06 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43C 1/04 (2006.01); A43C 9/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43C 1/06 (2013.01); A43B 5/001 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43C 1/04 (2013.01); A43C 9/00 (2013.01); A43C 11/004 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to golf shoes having a lace tightening system. The shoe may include one or more lace guides configured to receive a lace. The lace may be threaded through the lace guides and tightened or loosened using an adjustment mechanism mounted on the shoe. The lace and the lace tightening system may be used to secure a power shroud around a subject's foot.