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Answer: Marty McFly wears a self lacing shoe in “Back to the future part 2″ which was recently patented by Nike. They will probably bring it to production soon.
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2) nike’s patent application they filed for self-lacing shoes based on this awesome idea.
A patent that Nike has recently taken out on an automatic lacing system.
Looks like the Nike Air Mag in Back to the Future II.
Fig 2(10): Nike’s patent for Back to the Future-style auto-tying shoes
Connect: ‘Power Laces’
Pic 1 – Seen for the first time in BTTF-2
Pic 2 – The recent Nike patent details
moonwalk shoes
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2) Nike’s patent for self tying shoes
The connect is the Back to the future special shoes worn by Marty McFly which apparently can tie its own laces or something
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the Nike Mcfly Hyperdunk
pic 2: Shoes with automatic lacing system from nike
similar to Nike Air Mag from the “Back to the Future” sequel
Nike filed patent for back to the future2 shoes with automatic laces
Not sure whether prior art applies since I don’t remember the amount of details the movie went into on the shoes.
Regarding prior art, I found this story interesting: http://www.iusmentis.com/paten.....onaldduck/
Pic 2 is Nike’s patent for shoes with power laces !!!
Nike has filed patent documents for shoes that can tie their own laces.
Pic 2: One of the figure in application for official patent for an automatic lacing system from Nike
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The design resembles the system featured within Nike’s Air Mag, Marty McFly’s sneakers in the film Back to the Future 2
2. Nike’s patent application diagram for the same.