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

Claim 0:
1. An article of footwear comprising:
an upper including a flexible base layer formed of a first material, the upper extending from a heel portion, through a mid-foot portion, toward a toe portion of the article of footwear; and
an armor system including a shroud, the shroud being disposed solely in the mid-foot portion and the toe portion of the article of footwear, the shroud including an articulable shroud vamp having a plurality of overlapping lames arranged in series along a ball portion of the shroud, each of the lames being formed of a second material having a greater hardness than the first material,
wherein a first lame of the plurality of overlapping lames includes a posterior end and an anterior end, the posterior end attached to a posterior edge of the shroud vamp, and wherein a second lame of the plurality of overlapping lames includes a posterior end, the anterior end of the first lame disposed above and in contact with the posterior end of the second lame forming a portion of the layered series,
and wherein the posterior end of the second lame of the plurality of overlapping lames is directly attached to the flexible base layer.