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Nike Patents Auto-Lacing Sneakers
Who doesn’t remember Marty McFly’s power lace-up Nike kicks from the fictional year 2015?
Well, the scene must’ve had a lasting effect on Nike, because as the real year 2015 approaches, the company has filed a patent for an automatic shoe-lacing system that eerily resembles the one scene here:
Editor’s Note: Shouldn’t the movie clip be considered prior art and thus the patent could not be issued?
Via: HolyKaw
Photo by USPTO.
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Angela Shupe on August 30th, 2010 4:07 pm
I could complain about how lazy we are getting if they can actually find a market for people that don’t want to tie their own shoes anymore but… that’s cool, especially if they will be like the Nike’s from the movie. That’s something I would have to see to believe.
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