Patent ID: 11957215
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of controlling a lacing engine within an automated footwear platform, the method comprising:
receiving, on a first actuator body of an actuator, a button activation input resulting in a linear movement of the first actuator body of the actuator in a medial-lateral direction with respect to the automated footwear platform, wherein the actuator is disposed within an opening in a lower portion of the footwear platform adjacent the lacing engine; and
transmitting, via the first actuator body of the actuator, the linear movement caused by the button activation input to activate a first switch embedded in a housing of the lacing engine within the footwear platform, wherein activating the first switch occurs in response to the linear movement of the first actuator body.