Patent ID: 8857077

Claim:
An article of footwear comprising: a sole structure; an upper attached to the sole structure and defining an interior above the sole structure; a midfoot harness having a forward substrap and a rear substrap, each of the forward and rear substraps having a fixed portion, a pulling portion and a wrapping portion, wherein the forward substrap fixed portion is secured in a midfoot region of a footbed region of the article at a first attachment location coinciding with the forward substrap fixed portion, the forward substrap fixed portion being substantially immovable relative to the sole structure at the first attachment location; the forward substrap wrapping portion is located in the interior on a medial side thereof, is unattached to the upper or sole structure and extends between the forward substrap fixed portion and the forward substrap pulling portion, the rear substrap fixed portion is secured in a hindfoot region of the footbed region of the article at a second attachment location coinciding with the rear substrap fixed portion, the rear substrap fixed portion being substantially immovable relative to the sole structure at the second attachment location, the rear substrap wrapping portion is located in the interior on the medial side thereof, is unattached to the upper or sole structure and extends between the rear substrap fixed portion and the rear substrap pulling portion, and the midfoot harness is configured to tighten and conform the wrapping portions of the forward and rear substraps to a wearer's foot in response to tension on the pulling portions of the forward and rear substraps when the article is worn; and a lateral forefoot harness having a lateral forefoot fixed portion, a lateral forefoot pulling portion and a lateral forefoot wrapping portion extending between the lateral forefoot fixed portion and the lateral forefoot pulling portion, wherein the lateral forefoot fixed portion is secured in a forefoot region of the footbed region of the article at a third attachment location and is substantially immovable relative to the sole structure at the third attachment location, the lateral forefoot wrapping portion is located in the interior and is unattached to the upper or sole structure, the lateral forefoot harness includes a second lateral forefoot pulling portion, the lateral forefoot pulling portion and the second lateral forefoot pulling portion are configured for tightening, when the article is worn, so as to locate the lateral forefoot pulling portion and the second lateral forefoot pulling portion at a side or a top of the wearer's foot, the lateral forefoot harness includes a lateral forefoot main strap and a plurality of lateral forefoot substraps connected to the lateral forefoot main strap, the lateral forefoot wrapping portion includes parts of each of the lateral forefoot substraps, the lateral forefoot fixed portion is located on the lateral forefoot main strap, and the lateral forefoot pulling portions are located on the lateral forefoot substraps.