Patent ID: 11930890
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. A lace guide for attachment to a medial and a lateral side an upper of an article of footwear, comprising:
a first longitudinal portion extending in a first direction;
a second longitudinal portion extending in a second direction, the second longitudinal portion being spaced apart from the first longitudinal portion to define a gap therebetween; and
an intermediate portion that includes a first folded region adjacent the first longitudinal portion and a second folded region adjacent the second longitudinal portion, the intermediate portion being sized to space the first longitudinal portion apart from the second longitudinal portion across a throat area of the article of footwear,
wherein the lace guide is an elongate continuous piece of material that includes the first portion, the intermediate portion, and the second portion,
wherein the lace guide has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the first side defines a top surface in the first and second longitudinal portions and the first and second folded regions cause the intermediate portion to have a different top surface than the first and second longitudinal portions so that the second side defines the top surface in the intermediate portion, and
wherein the first folded region and the second folded region cause the intermediate portion to extend in a direction different from the first direction and the second direction, such that the intermediate portion extends across the gap.