Patent ID: 11930887
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 5:
6. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper having an articulable portion, the articulable portion including a flexible base layer formed of a first material; and
an armor system including a shroud covering a forefoot portion of the upper, the shroud including a shroud vamp having a plurality of rows of overlapping lames arranged in series and covering the flexible base layer of the upper, each of the lames being formed of a second material having a greater hardness than the first material,
wherein each of the plurality of rows of overlapping lames are separated in a lateral-medial direction from an adjacent row of overlapping lames by a gap extending lengthwise in a posterior-anterior direction of the article of footwear, the articulable portion of the upper being positioned below each gap,
wherein the plurality of rows of overlapping lames includes a first row, wherein a first end of a first lame of the first row is directly attached to the shroud, and a first end of a second lame of the first row is directly attached to the flexible base layer of the upper below the first lame, a second end of the first lame covering a top of the first end of the second lame.