Nike has teased us with them in the past but it really looks like the auto-lacing Nike Air Mag kicks from Back to the Future II could become a reality. Nike patent papers that appear to show Marty McFly’s oh-so-fly trainers ready to be made have been submitted and slipped out online. We’re just a little bit excited…
The Nike patent that’s popped up in a filing to the World Intellectual Property Organisation details how the automatically lacing system could really work. Nike says: “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…[and] an automatic ankle cinching system that is configured to automatically adjust an ankle portion of the upper.”
