Patent ID: 11963581
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An article of footwear comprising:
a heel support device extending around a rear of a heel region of foot-receiving cavity of the article of footwear;
wherein:
the heel support device includes a control bar and a base;
the control bar has a center segment extending around the rear of the heel region, a medial arm extending downward and forward from the center segment, and a lateral arm spaced from the medial arm and extending downward and forward from the center segment;
the base extends around the rear of the heel region below the center segment and is connected to both of the medial arm and the lateral arm;
the base has a relatively thick portion and a relatively thin portion, the relatively thin portion being thinner than the relatively thick portion; and
the relatively thin portion extends further forward than the control bar.