Sportswear brand Nike has released the laceless Nike GO FlyEase trainers, which can be put on and taken off without using your hands to replace "antiquated" shoes with laces.
The latest trainer released in the FlyEase range, the Nike GO FlyEase is made of two sections connected by a hinge that allows users to put them on and take them off without tying shoelaces or using another fastening.
Nike GO FlyEase is a hands-free trainer
"Shoes for a long time have been a bit antiquated in the way that we undo the laces and then lace them up, this is a more modern, more elegant way to get in and out of your shoes and an easier way ? you don't even think about it," explained Nike design lead and American Paralympic triathlete Sarah Reinersten. "There are no laces, and there's no need to use hands when you have no laces," she told Dezeen. "So there's no laces or adjustable containment needed. It has a beautiful new, clog-like shape that's very easy to slip into."
The Nike GO FlyEase has a bi-stable hinge within the sole
Nike has eliminated the need for laces or other fasteners by building the shoe around a patent-pending bi-stable hinge within the sole.
Combined with a large rubber band ? called a midsole tensioner by Nike ? this hinge allows the shoe to be secure in both an open position for the foot to enter and a closed position for when the trainers are in use.
Nike designed the Nike GO FlyEase to be put on without using hands
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