Abstract: An article of footwear including a sole structure, an upper attached to the sole structure and including an opening providing access to an interior void of the upper, a support attached to the upper at a posterior end of the upper and including a first rail disposed adjacent to the opening of the upper and a second rail extending between the first rail and the sole structure and continuously along the posterior end from a medial side of the upper to a lateral side of the upper, and a bladder disposed between the first rail and the second rail.

Abstract: A fastening system for an article of footwear includes an upper having inner and outer layers with a fastening mechanism disposed along the inner layer and a plurality of apertures defined along the outer layer. The fastening mechanism includes a fastening member rotatable in first and second directions and a plurality of fastening elements spaced from the fastening member and corresponding with respective apertures. The fastening elements are connected to the fastening member by a connecting element such that, when the fastening member is rotated in the first direction, the fastening elements are simultaneously rotated from a first position toward a second position. The fastening system is moveable between a loosened configuration, in which the fastening elements are in the first position and aligned within respective apertures, and a tightened configuration, in which the fastening elements are in the second position and offset with respect to respective apertures.

Abstract: The flexible gripping mitt is a hand tool for handling and retaining rigid and semi-rigid food and non-food items in order to cut, trim, slice, carve, pare or chop the item or perform other treatments such as painting, sanding and sculpting to non food items. The gripping mitt present disclosure is intended to allow a person to firmly hold and grip a variety of small items while working on the item being held. The gripping mitt protects from the temperature and liquids being emitted from the held item. It is also a hygienic guard for helping to minimize contamination of the held item and to prevent injuries, and allows for the hand to flex and move easily and freely to firmly grip and hold small food and non-food items.

Abstract: A shoe includes a midsole and an upper joined to the midsole. A joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the upper is located inside in a width direction with respect to an outer circumferential edge of a top surface of the midsole. The shoe in another aspect includes the midsole, a first upper joined to the midsole, and a second upper disposed on the outside in a width direction of the first upper. A first joint position between the midsole and the base end part of the first upper is located on the inside in a width direction of a second joint position between the midsole and a base end part of the second upper, and an upper edge of the second upper is joined to the first upper.

Abstract: Examples of a pocket for a garment are described. The pocket for a garment, such as sport apparel, comprises a first pocket bag having a first pocket opening and a second pocket bag having a second pocket opening, wherein the first and second pocket bags share a middle panel therebetween forming a dual entry pocket or double pocket.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper, a heel element, a sole structure, a medial side, and a lateral side. The upper includes an outer surface that defines a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region. The upper includes a membrane layer and a material layer. The material layer includes a knit fabric and defines a first knit zone and a second knit zone. The first knit zone has a tighter knit than the second knit zone.

Abstract: A shoe sole at least partially comprises a shock absorber, and the shock absorber that includes a shock absorbing portion and a cover portion that has a tread on a side opposite to the shock absorbing portion. The shock absorbing portion is provided with a plurality of pass-through portions passing through the shock absorbing portion as viewed in a direction of a normal to the tread, and the cover portion covers at least one of the plurality of pass-through portions. The cover portion is provided with a communication path having one end open to the pass-through portion and the other end open at the tread, and a condition of R<L is satisfied, where R represents a diameter of a largest virtual incircle of a contour line of an opening of the communication path located closer to the tread, and L represents a length of the communication path.

Abstract: A garment comprising a barrier layer. The barrier layer comprises a skirt and a storage region for retaining the skirt. The storage region comprises an upper flap, a lower flap, and a fastener for releasably coupling the upper flap and the lower flap to retain the skirt in the storage region.

Abstract: A shoe includes a sole and an upper attached to the sole, in which the upper includes an upper main body that covers the forefoot portion, a portion of the midfoot portion, and the heel portion of the wearer, and a tongue that covers a portion of the midfoot portion, the tongue is connected to the upper main body in a front end portion or in the front end portion and portions of side portions, and the front end portion of the tongue is located such that the path length from a rear end portion of the shoe is a range of 35% or more and 50% or less based on a center line passing from the rear end portion to a front end portion of the shoe.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.

Abstract: An exercise device including an outer portion and an inner portion positioned within the outer portion. The inner and outer portions are attached together at a wrist portion in a fluid sealed manner to form a fluid tight cavity between the inner and outer portions. The inner and outer portions are be shaped and sized to provide at least one fluid flow channel or path extending from the wrist portion to a finger portion to allow fluid to flow from the wrist portion to the finger portion and back again, when a user is conducting reciprocating exercises and the fluid cavity is at least partially filled with fluid.

Abstract: A plate includes: a curved portion located in a forefoot region and shaped to curve toward a flat plane; a midfoot supporting portion located in a midfoot region; and a rear-foot supporting portion located in a rear foot region. The curved portion has a wide region including a wide portion of which dimension in a width direction is largest in the curved portion. The midfoot supporting portion has a narrow region including a narrow portion of which dimension in the width direction is smallest in the midfoot supporting portion. A ratio of a bending rigidity of the narrow region to a bending rigidity of the wide region is 0.4 or more and 0.85 or less.

Abstract: A user worn attachment device for engaging handle straps of bags to allow for hands free carrying of the bags includes a vest, which can be donned by a user. A plurality of hooks is attached to the vest, with each hook being selectively attachable to one or more handle straps of a bag. The bag and its contents thus are attached to the vest and carriable by the user without using their hands.

Abstract: A self-contained finger sleeve, having a cover, a thumb pocket, and a four-finger pocket, each having an opening; one edge of the opening of the four-finger pocket is connected to an edge of the opening of the cover; an opposite edge of the opening of the four-finger pocket is connected to an edge of the opening of the thumb pocket via a U-shaped connecting strap; in a self-contained condition, the openings of the cover and the four-finger pocket face towards each other to define a storing space that stores the thumb pocket and the U-shaped connecting strap; in an unfolded condition, the four-finger pocket is flipped inside out and misaligned with the cover; the thumb pocket is exposed from the storing space and positioned on one side of the four-finger pocket flipped inside out; the thumb pocket and the four-finger pocket flipped inside out from and ergonomic finger sleeve.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a non-slip glove which is superior in workability owing to ease of grasping an object and enables maintaining an antislip property for a long period of time.

Abstract: A shoe includes a shoe upper and a sole which is connected with the shoe upper. The shoe upper includes a knitted structure which at least partially surrounds a foot of a wearer during intended use of the shoe. The knitted structure has a first set of openings arranged side by side along both a lateral and a medial side of the shoe upper. The knitted structure has a second set of openings arranged side by side along both a lateral and a medial side of the shoe upper. The first set of openings are at a first height level of the shoe, the second set of openings are at a second height level of the shoe, and the first height level is different than the second height level.

Abstract: A wearable airbag device includes a wearable member and an airbag held by the wearable member and inflatable with an inflation gas fed from a gas generator. The airbag includes a bag body that forms an outer shell of the airbag which includes an inner wall adapted to face the wearer when worn and an outer wall opposite to the inner wall, the bag body including one or more protecting inflatable portions for covering and protecting one or more targeted body parts respectively, and an inner bag that is disposed inside the bag body and configured to be inflated with the inflation gas from the gas generator. The inner bag includes one or more supply ports for forwarding the inflation gas to the bag body. Each of the supply ports is configured to emit the inflation gas toward one of the protecting inflatable portions and toward the outer wall.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an article of footwear includes arranging a three-dimensional upper on a last and placing a plurality of elongated support structures on the three-dimensional upper arranged on the last using an automated placement assembly. The method further includes heating the plurality of elongated support structures to secure the plurality of elongated support structures to the upper.

Abstract: An athletic footwear with improved midsole that is having a helical network. The helical network can morph itself under compressive force. The helical network is made from units of an hourglass shape geometry, each unit having an upper member and a lower member. Each unit is of a wireframe geometry that is integrated with adjacent units to form a networked layer. When an external pressure is applied to the networked layer, such as when the feet wearing the footwear land on a ground, the wireframe legs in the upper member and lower member twists for providing cushioning and resiliency.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a chassis including a footbed having an interior surface and an outer surface formed on an opposite side from the interior surface, the interior surface defining one or more sockets. The sole structure also includes one or more haptic elements each having a bottom surface received within a respective one of the one or more sockets and a top surface protruding from the interior surface of the chassis, each of the one or more haptic elements having a different hardness than the footbed.