Patent ID: 9713358
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: A43B,A43C

Claim:
1. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising: attaching a housing member to a sole member, the housing member defining a chamber configured to receive a wearer's foot, ankle, and shin to thereby define a foot portion, an ankle portion, and a shin portion of the housing member; attaching an inner tongue to the foot portion, the inner tongue extending toward the shin portion, the inner tongue extending across a throat opening that is defined between a first area and a second area of the housing member; attaching a lower portion of an outer tongue to the foot portion, the outer tongue having an upper portion that extends toward the shin portion, the outer tongue extending across the throat opening, the outer tongue including a cutout portion, the outer tongue including an inner surface facing the chamber and an outer surface facing away from the chamber; detachably securing the inner tongue to the shin portion by engaging a first securing member to the first area and the second area and extending the first securing member across the throat opening; detachably securing the lower portion of the outer tongue to the foot portion such that the upper portion remains unsecured from the housing member, wherein detachably securing the lower portion includes: (a) engaging a second securing member, which is independent of the first securing member, to the first area and the second area, and extending the second securing member across the throat opening; (b) receiving the second securing member in the cutout portion to define a first section of the second securing member and a second section of the second securing member; and (c) disposing the first section proximate the outer surface of the outer tongue and disposing the second section proximate the inner surface of the outer tongue.