Patent ID: 9538798
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: A41B,A41D,A42B,A43B,A45F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An article of apparel comprising: at least one panel including a first edge and an opposing second edge, the at least one panel including an auxetic structure defining a primary elongation direction and a secondary elongation direction; and a plurality of lace couplings positioned along the first edge and the second edge of the at least one panel, the plurality of lace couplings including a plurality of lace coupling pairs, each lace coupling pair including two adjacent lace couplings both positioned along either the first edge or the second edge of the at least one panel, each lace coupling pair defining a lace pull direction that is perpendicular to a line extending through the two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair, each lace pull direction substantially in alignment with either the primary elongation direction or the secondary elongation direction of the auxetic structure between the two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair.