Patent ID: 8782927
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. A footwear comprising: a flexible sole; an upper connected to the sole, the upper including a toe portion, an instep portion, and a heel portion; a tensioning system configured to apply a force on the instep portion in a downward and rearward direction while simultaneously applying a forward force on the heel portion in at least a forward direction; an inner lining that is configured to be located between the tensioning system and the user's foot; wherein the tensioning system includes a heel counter member adjacent the heel portion of the upper and anchors adjacent the sole, and wherein the tensioning system is configured such that a lace slides through features on the instep portion, through the anchors adjacent the sole, and through features on the heel counter member and the tensioning system is configured such that the tension in the lace that passes through the heel counter member and the instep portion is generally the same.