| 摘要 |
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include cleat structures, strapping systems, sole structures, and/or improved natural motion characteristics are described. Also, methods for making such articles of footwear (and particularly sole structures for articles of footwear) are described. |
| 主权项 |
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
an upper defining a medial side, a lateral side, a rear heel area, and an ankle opening; a rear heel strap member engaged with or integrally formed with the rear heel area of the upper, wherein the rear heel strap member includes: (a) a rear heel element, (b) a lateral side strap element that extends from the rear heel element and along the lateral side of the upper, and (c) a medial side strap element that extends from the rear heel element and along the medial side of the upper; a first strap member extending from the medial side of the ankle opening, across a front of the ankle opening, to at least one of a lateral midfoot area or a lateral forefoot area of the upper; a second strap member extending from the lateral side of the ankle opening, across the front of the ankle opening, to a medial midfoot area of the upper; a first tensioning system for engaging the medial side strap element with the first strap member; a second tensioning system for engaging the lateral side strap element with the second strap member; a medial heel strap extending from the first tensioning system toward and secured beneath a plantar support surface of the article of footwear at a central, medial heel location of the upper; a lateral heel strap extending from the second tensioning system toward and secured beneath the plantar support surface at a central, lateral heel location of the upper; and a sole structure engaged with the upper. |
