Squee Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 According to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s website and Dime, Tinker Hatfield and his boys at the Nike Innovative Kitchen have filed patent papers for a shoe with an automatic lacing system, such as seen on the Nike Air Mag from Back to the Future II. If this technology is to be used in the form of a Marty McFly inspired sneaker it would be the definition of game changer; the perfect intersection between performance and nostalgia. The movie was set in 2015; is a Nike Air Mag “Marty McFly” release on the horizon? Patent Summary: An article of footwear with an automatic lacing system is disclosed. The automatic lacing system provides a set of straps that can be automatically opened and closed to switch between a loosened and tightened position of the upper. The article further includes an automatic ankle cinching system that is configured to automatically adjust an ankle portion of the upper. Source: http://www.nicekicks.com/2010/08/possible-nike-air-mag-marty-mcfly-release/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blanket Fort Collapse Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 you can patent an idea that you copied directly from a movie eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 you can patent an idea that you copied directly from a movie eh? you mean the movie version was functional? That's like saying NASA ripped off the makers of journey to the moon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdust Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Wouldn't Nike have done a Patent for this a long long time ago? even before the movie came out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 you can't patent an idea.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Interesting idea. Sounds very vague at the moment. You can get a patent for anything really so this could not be a finished idea at all yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 Interesting idea. Sounds very vague at the moment. You can get a patent for anything really so this could not be a finished idea at all yet. The Back to the Future trilogy has been announced on BluRay not long ago so maybe it'll be part of some huge collector's edition or a new Back to the Future campaign for 2015 (which is when the sequel took place)... or maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 still no hoverboards though. wtf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 still no hoverboards though. wtf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX1hTEI_W8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modey Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 still no hoverboards though. wtf. current hipster fashion is pretty close to back to the future's 'future' fashion, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sirch Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 still no hoverboards though. wtf. yeah that's what i was thinking. i'd like a hoverboard WAAAAAY more than "power laces" ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 still no hoverboards though. wtf. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX1hTEI_W8 not impressed. Magnets, how do they work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colunga Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 So when they pitched this, did they just include that drawing and a clip from the movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no carrier Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 who'd rock em? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 we are seriously becoming so fucking lazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 its called velcro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 we are seriously becoming so fucking lazy do you really think that nike is developing this because people are too lazy to tie their shoes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 we are seriously becoming so fucking lazy do you really think that nike is developing this because people are too lazy to tie their shoes? i understand it from the perspective of innovation and invention, but tie shoes automatically... what is the point? what is to come next... clothes that are automatically wearable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 still no hoverboards though. wtf. current hipster fashion is pretty close to back to the future's 'future' fashion, though. yeah totally., Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 i already got me the hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rotwang Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 ^ Love the Brass Eye shirt too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegecow Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 i understand it from the perspective of innovation and invention, but tie shoes automatically... what is the point? what is to come next... clothes that are automatically wearable? ask the person that wrote back to the future 2. Its not practical feature! It's an aesthetic one. it was not designed to save people time or accomplish anything but reference a movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 i understand it from the perspective of innovation and invention, but tie shoes automatically... what is the point? what is to come next... clothes that are automatically wearable? ask the person that wrote back to the future 2. Its not practical feature! It's an aesthetic one. it was not designed to save people time or accomplish anything but reference a movie but people might enjoy that and ask for more. and we both know how many actions related to our daily life have become automatic nowadays. it's just a matter of time until this becomes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springymajig Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 we are seriously becoming so fucking lazy People who are too lazy to tie shoe laces wear loafers. Like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscillik Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 ^ Love the Brass Eye shirt too. hardly anyone gets it, but it's cool when someone does. i got a few tshirts like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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