Nike patents shoe upper with cables starting at different heights
Nike describes a shoe design where multiple cables run across the side of the upper. The key feature is that each cable starts at a different distance from the bottom edge, rather than all starting in a straight line.
In the filing’s own words
Aspects herein are directed to at least a first cable grouping extending over an outermost-facing surface of an upper between a biteline and a throat area of the upper. Each cable in the first cable grouping includes an egress point where the respective cable begins extending over the outermost-facing surface of the upper. A distance between the biteline and the egress points for at least two adjacent cables in the first cable grouping is different.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1 - 9. (canceled)
Facts
- Company
- Nike (NIKE, Inc.)
- Official title
- UPPER WITH CABLE SEGMENTS HAVING EGRESS POINTS AT VARYING LOCATIONS
- Publication number
- US20260294043A1
- Application number
- 19387194
- Filed
- Nov 12, 2025
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A43B 23/0245 Human necessitiesA43B 23/025 Human necessitiesA43B 23/0265 Human necessitiesA43C 1/04 Human necessitiesA43C 7/06 Human necessitiesMore from Nike in Clothing & sport
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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