Wearable article

Abstract

The present invention provides a wearable article, which includes a flexible substrate for wearing and a tensioning mechanism disposed on the flexible substrate. The tensioning mechanism has a plurality of support tubes spaced apart on the flexible substrate, and a tensioning rope continuously threaded through the support tubes to enable the flexible substrate to be adjusted between a tightened state and a relaxed state. A contractible area is formed between adjacent support tubes. The tensioning rope penetrates through the contractible area. When the tensioning rope is tightened, the contraction amount of the contractible area is restricted by the relative ends of adjacent support tubes.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to wearable articles, and more particularly to a wearable article that facilitates adjustment of the wearing tightness. Background Art

[0002] Wearable articles, such as shoes, backpacks, underwear, windbreakers, etc., are usually provided with drawstrings to facilitate adjustment of the usage state. Existing shoes, backpacks, or underwear, etc. are usually provided with an opening part, and a number of openings are respectively provided on both sides of the opening part, and hollow rivets are provided in the openings to reinforce the inner walls of the openings; the aforementioned drawstring is cross-threaded inside the hollow rivets on both sides of the opening part, and when the end of the drawstring is pulled, the two sides of the opening part are made to approach each other to achieve local tightening. However, this kind of adjustment setting is only limited to uniformly tightening / relaxing locally, and it is difficult to tighten and limit according to the requirements of different parts.

[0003] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a wearable article that can solve the above problems. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The present invention provides a wearable article that can match and limit the amount of contraction and the contraction position.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the technical solution provided by the present invention is as follows: A wearable article, which includes a flexible substrate for wearing and a tensioning mechanism provided on the flexible substrate. The tensioning mechanism has a plurality of support tubes spaced apart on the flexible substrate, and a tensioning rope continuously threaded through the support tubes so that the flexible substrate can be adjusted between a tightened state and a relaxed state. A contractible area is formed between adjacent support tubes, and the tensioning rope passes through the contractible area. When the tensioning rope is tightened, the amount of contraction of the contractible area is restricted by the relative ends of adjacent support tubes.

[0006] As a further improvement of the present invention, in the relaxed state, at least two of the contractible areas have different extension lengths in the extending direction of the tensioning rope.

[0007] As a further improvement of the present invention, at least two of the support tubes have different extension lengths or shapes.

[0008] As a further improvement of the present invention, the support tube is made of a material with a low coefficient of friction, or the inner wall of the support tube is lined or coated with a low-friction material that helps the tensioning rope move therein.

[0009] As a further improvement of the present invention, the support tube is a flexible plastic hose, and the hardness of the support tube is greater than the hardness of the flexible substrate.

[0010] As a further improvement of the present invention, the flexible substrate is provided with a single-layer or multi-layer structure, and the tensioning mechanism is embedded in the flexible substrate, woven into the flexible substrate, or directly disposed on the outer surface of the flexible substrate. The aforesaid embedding or direct setting is fixed to the flexible substrate by sewing or hot pressing processes.

[0011] As a further improvement of the present invention, the support tube is a tubular structure of a round tube or a flat tube, or is provided with a pipeline main body and fixing parts extending radially outward from one side or both sides of the pipeline main body. When the fixing parts are provided, they are fixed together with the flexible substrate through sewing or hot pressing operations on the fixing parts.

[0012] As a further improvement of the present invention, the wearable article is a shoe article, and the shoe article includes a sole, an upper attached to the sole, and a tensioning mechanism; wherein, the upper corresponds to the aforesaid flexible substrate, the tensioning mechanism is disposed on the upper, and can be operated to move the upper between a tightened state and a relaxed state.

[0013] As a further improvement of the present invention, the upper includes a front foot part, a middle foot part, and a heel part, and inner sides and outer sides respectively corresponding to two opposite sides of the shoe article and extending from front to back through the front foot part, the middle foot part, and the heel part. The contractible areas in the tensioning mechanism are all disposed on both sides of the center line of the shoe article in the length direction, that is, are all disposed in the inner side and the outer side.

[0014] As a further improvement of the present invention, the tensioning mechanism in the front foot part penetrates through the inner side and the outer side in the transverse direction of the upper, and the tensioning mechanisms in the middle foot part and the heel part areas are respectively disposed at intervals on the inner side and the outer side, forming two parts separated and disposed at intervals in the transverse direction of the upper.

[0015] As a further improvement of the present invention, the contractible areas in the middle foot part are all disposed to extend along the transverse direction of the upper or extend obliquely backward compared with the transverse direction, and the tensioning mechanism in the middle foot part extends in a side-mounted S-shaped curve, and the support tube therein is in an arc shape with an opening facing outward or an opening facing inward.

[0016] As a further improvement of the present invention, the whole upper is formed by knitting parts, and the extension length of the contractible area between adjacent support tubes in the front foot part is less than the extension length of the contractible area between adjacent support tubes in the middle foot part.

[0017] As a further improvement of the present invention, the wearable article is a bra, and has a tensioning mechanism disposed on the bra body. The bra body is the flexible substrate. The bra body includes cups, a lower band, side wings, shoulder straps which are symmetrically arranged left and right, and a gore portion connecting the cups and the lower band. The tensioning mechanism is symmetrically arranged with respect to the central axis of the bra body, and the central position of the tensioning mechanism is placed at the middle position of the gore portion, and then extends along the outer edge of the cup, passes through the shoulder strap to the rear side of the side wing, and then extends forward from the rear side of the side wing to the lower band, so that the two free ends of the tensioning mechanism are placed at the lower side position of the gore portion.

[0018] As a further improvement of the present invention, the support tube extending along the lower side edge and the outer side edge of the cup in the tensioning mechanism is continuously extended.

[0019] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: By providing a plurality of support tubes arranged at intervals on the flexible substrate, on the one hand, it is used to provide fixed support for the flexible substrate, and at the same time, the contraction position is restricted by the support tubes; on the other hand, the adjacent support tubes are arranged at intervals to form a contractible area therebetween, so that the tensioning rope passes through the contractible area. When tightening operation is performed, the contraction amount of the contractible area at the corresponding position can be restricted by the end faces on the opposite sides of the adjacent support tubes, and thus the tightening requirements of different parts of the flexible substrate can be matched, and the support tubes and the tensioning rope are matched according to the contraction position. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 is a perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of the wearable article being a shoe article in the present invention.

[0021] Figure 2 is Figure 1 a top view of the shoe article shown.

[0022] Figure 3 is Figure 1 a side view of the shoe article shown.

[0023] Figure 4 is Figure 1 a top view of the tensioning mechanism of the shoe article shown.

[0024] Figure 5 is a perspective view of the second preferred embodiment of the wearable article being a shoe article in the present invention.

[0025] Figure 6 is Figure 5 a top view of the shoe article shown.

[0026] Figure 7 is Figure 5 a top view of the tensioning mechanism of the shoe article shown.

[0027] Figure 8 It is a perspective view of the third preferred embodiment of the wearable article being a shoe product in the present invention.

[0028] Figure 9 It is Figure 8 a top view of the shoe product shown.

[0029] Figure 10 It is Figure 8 a top view of the tensioning mechanism of the shoe product shown.

[0030] Figure 11 It is a perspective view of the wearable article being a bra in the present invention.

[0031] Figure 12 It is Figure 11 a perspective view of the bra shown from another angle.

[0032] Figure 13 It is Figure 11 a front view of the bra shown.

[0033] Figure 14 It is Figure 11 a schematic diagram of the tensioning mechanism of the bra shown. Detailed implementation manners

[0034] In order to enable those skilled in the art of the present technology to better understand the technical solutions in the present invention, the following will clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0035] The present invention relates to a wearable article, and the wearable article can be various wearable products that need to adjust the tightness, such as shoes, backpacks, hats, bras, windbreakers, knee pads, and so on.

[0036] The wearable article includes a flexible matrix for wearing and a tensioning mechanism provided on the flexible matrix. The tensioning mechanism has a plurality of support tubes spaced apart on the flexible matrix, and a tensioning rope continuously threaded through the support tubes to enable the flexible matrix to be adjusted between a tightened state and a relaxed state. A contractible area is formed between adjacent support tubes, and the tensioning rope passes through the contractible area. When the tensioning rope is tightened, the contraction amount of the contractible area is restricted by the relative ends of adjacent support tubes.

[0037] Wherein, on the one hand, the above-mentioned support tube is used to provide fixed support for the flexible matrix, and at the same time, the contraction position is restricted by the support tube; on the other hand, the adjacent support tubes are arranged at intervals to form a contractible area therebetween, so that the tensioning rope passes through the contractible area. When the tightening operation is performed, the contraction amount of the contractible area at the corresponding position can be restricted through the end faces on the opposite sides of the adjacent support tubes, and thus the tightening requirements of different parts of the flexible matrix can be matched, and the support tube and the tensioning rope are matched and set according to the contraction position.

[0038] In the relaxed state, at least two of the contractible areas have different extension lengths in the extending direction of the tensioning rope. Among them, when the elasticity of the forming material of the flexible matrix is basically the same, for the areas with different contraction amount requirements, the extension lengths of the contractible areas in the extending direction of the tensioning rope are positively matched according to the contraction amount requirements, that is, when the contraction amount requirement is small, the extension length of the contractible area is set relatively small; when the contraction amount requirement is relatively large, the extension length of the corresponding contractible area is set relatively large. When the flexible matrix is formed of a variety of materials with large differences in elasticity, the support tube and the contractible area are matched and set according to the material properties and the required contraction amount.

[0039] In addition, the support tube is matched and set according to the extension mode, contraction amount requirement and ergonomics of the surrounding flexible matrix at the position where it is located, so as to provide a restriction on the contraction position, so that at least two of the support tubes have different lengths and at least two of the support tubes have different shapes.

[0040] The support tube can be a flexible plastic hose, which can be fixed to the flexible matrix by processes such as sewing and hot pressing; the flexible matrix can be arranged in a single-layer or multi-layer structure, and the tensioning mechanism can be embedded in the flexible matrix, woven into the flexible matrix or directly arranged on the outer surface of the flexible matrix. The support tube can bend and deform along with the flexible matrix, or be adaptively designed to match the shape of the flexible matrix, but the hardness of the support tube is greater than that of the flexible matrix. Thus, when the flexible matrix in the contraction area undergoes contraction deformation in the extending direction of the support tube, the support tube can maintain the shape of the flexible matrix at its fixed part and will not undergo contraction deformation in its extending direction, thereby controlling the contraction position.

[0041] The support tube can be directly formed into a circular tube or flat tube structure, or can be set to be composed of a pipeline main body and fixing parts extending radially outward from one or both sides of the pipeline main body. At this time, the fixing parts can be sewn or hot pressed with the flexible matrix.

[0042] The multiple support tubes are arranged at intervals, and a contractible area is formed between adjacent ones. During actual manufacturing, a continuous long strip of flexible plastic hose can be arranged along the positions of the flexible substrate that need to be supported and adjusted for contraction. Then, according to the support and contraction requirements of the flexible substrate, a disconnection operation is performed, so that the disconnection position forms the contractible area, and the two sides of the disconnection position form the above-mentioned support tubes. And the continuous threading of the tensioning rope can be correspondingly interpreted as that before the disconnection setting, a continuous tensioning rope is threaded through the long flexible plastic hose. When the long flexible plastic hose is disconnected, the tensioning rope still maintains its connection relationship, that is, the tensioning rope penetrates through the contractible area. Then, when the tensioning rope is tightened, the change of the contractible area can be used to match the tightening operation of the tensioning rope, so as to realize the tension adjustment of the flexible substrate.

[0043] Further, the support tube can be made of a material with a low friction coefficient to help the tensioning rope move therein. Of course, it is also possible to line or coat the inner wall of the support tube with a low friction material that helps the tensioning rope move therein, such as a lubricating polymer (such as TeflonTM).

[0044] Specifically, please refer to Figures 1 to 10 As shown, taking the wearable article as a shoe article 100 as one specific preferred embodiment, the description is as follows.

[0045] The shoe article 100 includes a sole (not shown), an upper 1 attached to the sole, and a tensioning mechanism 2. Among them, the upper 1 corresponds to the above-mentioned flexible substrate, and the tensioning mechanism 2 is arranged on the upper 1 and can be operated to move the upper 1 between a tightened state and a relaxed state.

[0046] The upper 1 includes a front foot portion 11, a middle foot portion 12, and a heel portion 13. The front foot portion 11 can correspond to the toes and the joints connecting the metatarsal bones and phalanges of the foot. The middle foot portion 12 can correspond to the arch area of the foot, and the heel portion 13 can correspond to the posterior part of the foot including the calcaneus. The upper 1 also includes an outer side 14 and an inner side 15, and the outer side 14 and the inner side 15 respectively correspond to two opposite sides of the shoe article 100 and extend from front to back through the respective parts 11, 12, 13 of the shoe article 100.

[0047] The upper 1 has an inner surface 16, and the inner surface defines an inner space 10 configured to receive and fasten the foot so that the foot is supported on the sole structure. The ankle opening 130 in the heel portion 13 can provide an access path to the inner space 10. For example, the ankle opening 130 can receive the foot so that the foot is fastened in the inner space 10, and facilitate the foot to enter the inner space 10 and the foot to move out of the inner space 10.

[0048] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the tensioning mechanism 2 is distributed on the inner side 14 and the outer side 15 of the front foot part 11, the middle foot part 12 and the heel part 13, and includes a front side part 24 arranged on the front side of the front foot part 11, a middle part 25 arranged on the middle foot part 12, and a rear side part 26 arranged on the heel part 13. Two free ends of the tensioning rope 23 are arranged in the area of the heel part 13, and can be arranged on the front side of the ankle opening 130 or on the rear side of the ankle opening 130.

[0049] As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the front side part 24 penetrates through the inner side 14 and the outer side 15 in the transverse direction of the shoe upper 1. From the perspective of the transverse adjustment requirements generally required by the front foot part 11, at least part of the contractible area 22 in the front side part 24 extends along the transverse direction of the shoe upper 1 or extends obliquely backward compared with the transverse direction.

[0050] Preferably, as Figures 1 to 10 shown, the front side part 24 has a continuous intermediate support tube 241 penetrating through the inner side 14 and the outer side 15 in the transverse direction of the shoe upper 1, and side support tubes 242 arranged at intervals on both sides of the intermediate support tube 241 and connecting the middle part 25. At least part of the contractible area 22 is arranged between the intermediate support tube 241 and the side support tubes 242, and the tensioning rope 23 continuously penetrates through the intermediate support tube 241 and the side support tubes 242 and is connected to the middle part 25. Thereby, matching control of the support position, contraction position and contraction amount of the front side part 24 is realized. In this embodiment, the tensioning rope 23 is arranged in an overall movable state; as another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the middle position of the tensioning rope 23 can also be fixedly arranged in the shoe upper 1 or the support tube 22.

[0051] The middle part 25 has an inner side part 251 arranged on the inner side 14 and an outer side part 252 arranged on the outer side 15. Preferably, the inner side part 251 and the outer side part 252 are two parts separated and arranged at intervals in the transverse direction of the shoe upper 1, and are respectively connected between the opposite two ends of the front side part 24 and the two free ends of the tensioning rope 23 of the rear side part 26, so as to control the contraction position on both sides of the shoe upper 1, and facilitate respectively corresponding to control the contraction position and contraction amount on both sides according to the foot shape.

[0052] The middle part 25 is usually used to adjust the radial size of the internal space 10 of the middle part 25. Thus, preferably, the contractible area 22 of the middle foot part 12 is all arranged to extend along the transverse direction of the shoe upper 1 or extend obliquely backward compared with the transverse direction. At this time, the middle part 25 is arranged to extend in a side-mounted S-shaped curve; wherein, the support tube 21 in the middle part 25 is in an arc shape with an opening facing outward or an opening facing inward.

[0053] The rear portion 26 also corresponds to the middle portion 25 and is divided into two separate and spaced portions, which are respectively disposed in the inner side 14 and the outer side 15. As Figures 1 to 4 shown, when the free end of the tensioning rope 23 is disposed at the rear side of the ankle opening 130, the contractible regions 22 on both sides and at the rear side of the ankle opening 130 in the rear portion 26 are arranged to extend in the front-rear direction. As Figures 5 to 10 shown, when the free end of the tensioning rope 23 is disposed at the front side of the ankle opening 130, at least a part of the support tube 21 in the rear portion 26 extends to the rear side of the tensioning rope 23, and then extends from the rear side forward and upward toward the front side of the ankle opening 130, so that the contractible regions 22 in this part extend obliquely from the rear to the front and from the bottom to the top.

[0054] As described above, preferably, the contractible regions 22 are disposed on both sides of the center line of the footwear 1 in the length direction, that is, both are disposed in the inner side 14 and the outer side 15. In addition, during the tightening operation, in order to avoid interference or limitation between the inner and outer tensioning mechanisms 2, there is no crossed or overlapping part in the tensioning mechanism 2 of the present invention.

[0055] In addition, the setting of the contraction position and the contraction amount in each part of the shoe upper 1 is related to the manufacturing material of the shoe upper 1. On the premise that the flexibility of the manufacturing material of the entire shoe upper 1 is relatively consistent, the contraction amount requirement of the front foot portion 11 is less than that of the middle foot portion 12 and the heel portion 13. Therefore, the extension length of the contractible regions 22 between the support tubes 21 disposed in the front foot portion 11 is less than the extension length of the contractible regions 22 between the adjacent support tubes 21 at the middle foot portion 12 and the heel portion 13.

[0056] For example, as Figures 1 to 7 shown, as one embodiment of the present invention, the shoe upper 1 is integrally formed by knitted components. The knitted components can be formed as an integral one-piece element during the knitting process. Alternatively, two or more parts of the knitted components can be separately formed as integral one-piece elements and then the corresponding elements are attached. Of course, the knitted shoe upper can also select a specific single-layer or multi-layer knitted structure, and can also provide ideal aesthetic features by combining yarns with different colors, textures or other visual characteristics arranged in a specific pattern.

[0057] In this case, after long-term use, the front foot part 11 will become looser and looser, the internal space 10 will become larger, and the comfort level will decrease. For this kind of shoe product 100, the middle foot part 12 requires a relatively large amount of shrinkage at the position close to the front foot part 11. Therefore, the shrinkable area 22 between the adjacent support tubes 21 in the middle part 25 close to the front side part 24 is the largest, and the extension lengths of the other shrinkable areas 22 in the middle part 25 gradually decrease from front to back.

[0058] In addition, as another preferred embodiment of the present invention, as Figures 8 to 10 shown, a reinforcing material is additionally provided at the heel part 13 of the shoe upper 1; at this time, the closer to the position of the heel part 13, the higher the required shrinkage amount. Therefore, in the heel part 13 and the area of the middle foot part 12 close to the heel part 13, the extension of the shrinkable area 22 between the adjacent support tubes 21 is set larger.

[0059] Furthermore, on other shoe uppers 1 made of multiple materials, the support tubes 21 and the tension ropes 23 can also be matched and set in terms of shrinkage position and shrinkage amount according to the materials of different regions.

[0060] In addition, as Figures 1 to 10 shown, two different forms of support tubes are shown, where Figures 1 to 4 and Figures 8 to 10 adopt independent round tubes or flat tubes, and Figures 5 to 7 adopts a flat tube structure with a pipeline body and a fixing part, and both can achieve the purpose of the present invention.

[0061] Please refer to Figures 10 to 12 shown, and another specific preferred embodiment will be described below with the wearable product being a bra 500.

[0062] The bra 500 has a bra body 5 and a tensioning mechanism 6 provided on the bra body 5. Among them, the bra body 5 is made of soft fabric and has a single-layer or multi-layer fabric. The bra body 5 corresponds to the above-mentioned flexible matrix; the tensioning mechanism 6 is provided on the bra body 5 and can be embedded in the bra body 5 or woven into the bra body 5 and directly provided on the outer surface of the bra body 5, and can be operated to move the bra body 5 between a tightened state and a relaxed state.

[0063] Specifically, the bra body 5 includes cup parts 51, lower cups 52, side wings 53 and shoulder straps 54 which are arranged symmetrically left and right. Specifically, refer to Figure 9, the bra body 5 includes two cups 51, two underbands 52, two side wings 53 and two shoulder straps 54. Among them, the two cups 51 are symmetrically connected left and right with respect to the central axis of the bra body 5, the two underbands 52 and the two side wings 53 are also symmetrically connected left and right with respect to the central axis of the bra body 5. The two underbands 52 are respectively connected to the lower sides of the two cups 51, and the two side wings 53 are respectively connected to the outer edges of the two cups 51 and the two underbands 52. The two shoulder straps 54 are also symmetrically connected left and right with respect to the central axis of the bra body 5, and the two shoulder straps 54 are respectively connected to the rear sides of the two cups 51 and the two side walls 52. Here, one end of the side wing 53 is connected to the cup 51 to cooperate with the cup 51 to form a ring, and the other end of the side wing 53 is provided with a hook and a hook loop (not shown) so that the two side wings 53 can be detachably connected for convenient wearing. In addition, a ridge center part 50 is also connected between the two cups 51 and the underband 52.

[0064] In this embodiment, the tensioning mechanism 6 is also symmetrically arranged with respect to the central axis of the bra body 5. Specifically, the central position of the tensioning mechanism 6 is placed at the middle position of the ridge center part 50, and then it extends along the outer edge of the cup 51, passes through the shoulder strap 54 to the rear side of the side wing 53, and then extends forward from the rear side of the side wing 53 to the underband 52, so that the two free ends of the tensioning mechanism 6 are placed at the lower side position of the ridge center part 50.

[0065] Among them, the tensioning mechanism 6 has a support part 61 arranged along the edge of the cup 51, a first adjustment part 62 arranged on the shoulder strap 54, and a second adjustment part 63 arranged on the side wing 53 and the underband 52.

[0066] The support part 61 preferably adopts a continuously extending support tube 64 at the lower side edge and the part of the outer side edge close to the lower side of the cup 51. On the one hand, it is used as a part of the whole tensioning mechanism 6, and on the other hand, the cup 51 can be directly shaped and supported through the continuously extending support tube 6. And a shrinkable area 65 can be formed at the middle position of the outer side of the cup 51 and the position of the ridge center part 50.

[0067] In addition, in the first adjustment part 62, the support tube 64 at the shoulder position extends continuously, and the shrinkable area 65 is arranged at the front side and the rear side of the shoulder. And the shrinkage amount requirement in this part is relatively large, so that the shrinkable area 65 between the adjacent support tubes 64 in the first adjustment part 62 is set relatively large, or relatively more shrinkable areas 65 are arranged in the first adjustment part 62.

[0068] In addition, when the wearable article is a backpack, the tensioning mechanism can be arranged to extend along the edges of the backpack. Preferably, the shrinkable areas at the bottom and sides of the backpack are set to be relatively small, and the support tubes are relatively long; while the support tubes around the opening position of the backpack are set to be relatively short, and the shrinkable areas are set to be relatively large.

[0069] In summary, by arranging a tensioning mechanism in the flexible matrix of the wearable article, the support tubes in the tensioning mechanism not only provide support and shape retention for the flexible matrix, control the contraction position, but also can provide contraction limitation through the relative ends of adjacent support tubes according to the adjustment amount required at different positions, thereby matching the tightening requirements of different parts of the flexible matrix, and matching the support tubes and tensioning ropes according to the contraction position.

[0070] It should be understood that although this specification is described according to embodiments, not every embodiment only contains an independent technical solution. This narrative way of the specification is only for clarity. Those skilled in the art should regard the specification as a whole, and the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be appropriately combined to form other embodiments that can be understood by those skilled in the art.

[0071] The series of detailed descriptions listed above are only specific descriptions of the feasible embodiments of the present invention, and are not used to limit the protection scope of the present invention. Any equivalent embodiments or changes made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A wearable article, characterized in that: It includes a flexible substrate for wearing and a tensioning mechanism disposed on the flexible substrate. The tensioning mechanism has a plurality of support tubes spaced apart on the flexible substrate, and a tensioning rope continuously threaded through the support tubes to enable the flexible substrate to be adjusted between a tightened state and a relaxed state. A contractible area is formed between adjacent support tubes, and the tensioning rope passes through the contractible area. When the tensioning rope is tightened, the contraction amount of the contractible area is restricted by the opposite ends of adjacent support tubes. The hardness of the support tube is greater than that of the flexible substrate, so that when the flexible substrate in the contraction area undergoes contraction deformation in the extending direction of the support tube, the support tube maintains the shape of the flexible substrate at its fixed part, and this part of the flexible substrate will not undergo contraction deformation in the extending direction of the support tube. In the relaxed state, at least two of the contractible areas have different extension lengths in the extending direction of the tensioning rope. The wearable article is a shoe article, which includes a sole, an upper attached to the sole, and a tensioning mechanism; wherein, the upper corresponds to the above-mentioned flexible substrate, and the tensioning mechanism is disposed on the upper and can be operated to move the upper between a tightened state and a relaxed state. The upper includes a front foot part, a middle foot part and a heel part, and extends through the inner and outer sides of the front foot part, the middle foot part and the heel part respectively corresponding to two opposite sides of the shoe article and extending from front to back. The contractible areas in the tensioning mechanism are all disposed on both sides of the center line of the shoe article in the length direction, that is, both disposed in the inner and outer sides. When the flexible material of the upper is consistent, the extension length of the contractible area between adjacent support tubes disposed in the front foot part is less than the extension length of the contractible area between adjacent support tubes at the middle foot part and the heel part.

2. The wearable article according to claim 1, wherein: The extension lengths or shapes of at least two of the support tubes are different.

3. The wearable article according to claim 1, wherein: The support tube is made of a material with a low friction coefficient, or the inner wall of the support tube is lined or coated with a low friction material that helps the tensioning rope move therein.

4. The wearable article according to claim 3, wherein: The support tube is a flexible plastic hose.

5. The wearable article according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The flexible substrate is arranged in a single-layer or multi-layer structure, and the tensioning mechanism is embedded in the flexible substrate, woven into the flexible substrate, or directly disposed on the outer surface of the flexible substrate. The aforementioned embedding or direct setting is fixed to the flexible substrate by sewing or hot pressing processes.

6. The wearable article according to claim 5, wherein: The support tube is a tubular structure such as a round tube or a flat tube, or is provided with a pipe body and fixing parts extending radially outward from one side or both sides of the pipe body. When the fixing parts are provided, they are fixed together with the flexible substrate through sewing or hot pressing operations of the fixing parts.

7. The wearable article according to claim 1, wherein: The tensioning mechanism in the front foot part penetrates the inner and outer sides in the transverse direction of the upper, and the tensioning mechanisms in the middle foot part and the heel part areas are respectively spaced apart and disposed on the inner and outer sides, forming two parts separated and spaced apart in the transverse direction of the upper.

8. The wearable article according to claim 7, wherein: The contractible areas in the middle foot part are all arranged to extend along the transverse direction of the upper or inclined backward compared with the transverse direction, and the tensioning mechanism in the middle foot part extends in a side-mounted S-shaped curve, and the support tubes therein are in an arc shape with the opening facing outward or inward.

9. The wearable article according to claim 8, wherein: The upper is integrally formed by a knitted component.

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