Patent ID: 11969053
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. The article of footwear according to claim 12:
wherein the fluid flow direction regulating system is structured and arranged such that, in the first path, fluid moves from the foot support bladder, into the first fluid transfer line, through the pump, into the second fluid transfer line, and into the fluid reservoir, and the third fluid transfer line and the fourth fluid transfer line are maintained in a closed condition, and
wherein the fluid flow direction regulating system is structured and arranged such that, in the second path: (a) fluid moves from the fluid reservoir, into the second fluid transfer line, into the third fluid transfer line, into the first fluid transfer line, through the pump, into the second fluid transfer line, into the fourth fluid transfer line, into the first fluid transfer line, and into the foot support bladder, (b) the first fluid transfer line is maintained in a closed condition at a location so as to prevent fluid from flowing from the third fluid transfer line directly into the foot support bladder via the first fluid transfer line, and (c) the second fluid transfer line is maintained in a closed condition at a location so as to prevent fluid from flowing from the second fluid transfer line directly into the fluid reservoir via the second fluid transfer line.