In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an article formed of a knitted component. The article may be an upper for an article of footwear. The knitted component may have a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion of the knitted component at least partially forms a foot-receiving portion of the upper, where the second portion of the knitted component at least partially forms a strap of the upper, where the strap includes a first edge and a second edge secured to the first portion of the knitted component, and where the strap includes a third edge that extends from the first edge to the second edge.

A tongue for a skate boot includes a body having a first segment and a second segment at a lower end. One or both of the first and second segments are displaceable toward the other to a sandwiched position. The first and second segments overlap in the sandwiched position and position part of a toe portion of the boot between the first and second segments. The first segment includes two mating tabs spaced apart from each other, and the second segment includes two segment apertures spaced apart from each other. In the sandwiched position, the first segment engages an inner surface of the part of the toe portion and the second segment engages an outer surface, two toe portion apertures are aligned with the two segment apertures; and the two mating tabs pass into the two toe portion apertures and into the two segment apertures.

A tongue for a skate boot includes a body having a first segment and a second segment at a lower end. One or both of the first and second segments are displaceable toward the other to a sandwiched position. The first and second segments overlap in the sandwiched position and position part of a toe portion of the boot between the first and second segments. The first segment includes two mating tabs spaced apart from each other, and the second segment includes two segment apertures spaced apart from each other. In the sandwiched position, the first segment engages an inner surface of the part of the toe portion and the second segment engages an outer surface, two toe portion apertures are aligned with the two segment apertures; and the two mating tabs pass into the two toe portion apertures and into the two segment apertures.

Provided are, among other things, shoes having elastic tongue-securing straps. In one representative embodiment, a shoe includes: (a) a sole; (b) an upper, extending above the sole, that includes a front section, a left side, a right side, a rear section, and a tongue that originates from the front section and extends rearwardly between the left side and the right side; (c) a left elastic strap that extends from a left side of the tongue and: (1) extends through a loop that is securely attached to the left side of the upper and has a distal end securely attached to the sole, and/or (2) has its distal end securely attached to the left side of the upper; and (d) a right elastic strap that extends from a right side of the tongue and: (1) extends through a loop that is securely attached to the right side of the upper and has a distal end securely attached to the sole, and/or (2) has its distal end securely attached to the right side of the upper, with the left elastic strap having a proximal end fixedly attached to the left side of the tongue and the right elastic strap having a proximal end fixedly attached to the right side of the tongue.

Provided are, among other things, shoes having elastic tongue-securing straps. In one representative embodiment, a shoe includes: (a) a sole; (b) an upper, extending above the sole, that includes a front section, a left side, a right side, a rear section, and a tongue that originates from the front section and extends rearwardly between the left side and the right side; (c) a left elastic strap that extends from a left side of the tongue and: (1) extends through a loop that is securely attached to the left side of the upper and has a distal end securely attached to the sole, and/or (2) has its distal end securely attached to the left side of the upper; and (d) a right elastic strap that extends from a right side of the tongue and: (1) extends through a loop that is securely attached to the right side of the upper and has a distal end securely attached to the sole, and/or (2) has its distal end securely attached to the right side of the upper, with the left elastic strap having a proximal end fixedly attached to the left side of the tongue and the right elastic strap having a proximal end fixedly attached to the right side of the tongue.

A shoe capable of maintaining shapes of an upper leather and a tongue so that a user can easily wear the shoe without bowing a waist of the user when the user wears the shoe is provided. The shoe includes a sole, an upper leather which is provided above the sole and includes a tip line forming a region into which a foot of a wearer is inserted and a first wearing guide portion which causes a rear region of the tip line to move rearward when the foot of the wearer is inserted into the shoe through the tip line. The first wearing guide portion includes a rear support portion which is elongated in a heel tab direction from a back counter, and an insertion guide portion which is provided to have a curve rearward from an upper portion of the rear support portion.

A shoe capable of maintaining shapes of an upper leather and a tongue so that a user can easily wear the shoe without bowing a waist of the user when the user wears the shoe is provided. The shoe includes a sole, an upper leather which is provided above the sole and includes a tip line forming a region into which a foot of a wearer is inserted and a first wearing guide portion which causes a rear region of the tip line to move rearward when the foot of the wearer is inserted into the shoe through the tip line. The first wearing guide portion includes a rear support portion which is elongated in a heel tab direction from a back counter, and an insertion guide portion which is provided to have a curve rearward from an upper portion of the rear support portion.

An article of footwear includes an upper and a cable lock disposed adjacent to an exterior surface of the upper. The cable lock is separated from the exterior surface of the upper by a space. The article of footwear also includes a cable having a first portion routed through the cable lock and a second portion routed through the space between the cable lock and the upper. The cable is operable to move the upper between a relaxed state and a constricted state.

An article of footwear includes an upper and a cable lock disposed adjacent to an exterior surface of the upper. The cable lock is separated from the exterior surface of the upper by a space. The article of footwear also includes a cable having a first portion routed through the cable lock and a second portion routed through the space between the cable lock and the upper. The cable is operable to move the upper between a relaxed state and a constricted state.

A tongue of an article of footwear is split into two pieces having an upper and lower section. The lower section is built into/a part of the footwear as it is fixedly attached to a vamp and/or throat of the footwear such as of a sneaker. The upper end is removably attachable to the footwear along a straight line (line of demarcation) between the upper and lower pieces. This straight line extends generally horizontally. The upper end of the lower region of the tongue and the lower end of the upper region of the tongue have fastening mechanisms designed/configured to removably attach the upper and lower regions to each other along a horizontal axis.