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An article of footwear has an upper in a tented arrangement. The article of footwear includes a sole and an upper including a shroud. The article of footwear further includes a foot engaging system for joining a foot of a user to the sole, and a biasing system which includes one or more frame member

An article of footwear has an upper in a tented arrangement. The article of footwear includes a sole and an upper including a shroud. The article of footwear further includes a foot engaging system for joining a foot of a user to the sole, and a biasing system which includes one or more frame members that urges or influences the shroud away from the foot of the user. The one or more frame members may be coupled to the foot holding system on a medial and a lateral side. The article of footwear further includes a plurality of straps for holding the foot to the sole in which one of the straps engages the heel. The straps are located on an exterior surface of the shroud or alternatively they are located in the interior of the shroud. Air gaps are created between the shroud and the foot for ventilation. Several foot booties for holding a foot have aeration regions for providing air to ventilate the foot of a wearer. Further, the foot booties are combined with straps, in which the straps are disposed between the shroud and the foot booties. The upper has a flexible sheet of material that is interconnected with a plurality of frame members that urges the sheet away from the foot of a wearer. The upper may be removable and replaceable with the sole.

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1. An article of footwear; comprising:a sole;a shroud for covering a foot of a wearer;a foot holding system extending outward from said sole; anda frame member for urging said shroud away from the foot of the wearer, said frame member having a medial end and a lateral end coupled to the foot holding

1. An article of footwear; comprising:a sole;a shroud for covering a foot of a wearer;a foot holding system extending outward from said sole; anda frame member for urging said shroud away from the foot of the wearer, said frame member having a medial end and a lateral end coupled to the foot holding system. 2. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said foot holding system includes a foot bootie. 3. The article of footwear of claim 2, wherein said foot bootie includes an adjustable foot fastening system for fastening said foot of said wearer to said sole. 4. The article of footwear of claim 3, wherein said adjustable foot fastening system includes a closed loop tensioning member. 5. The article of footwear of claim 3, wherein said adjustable foot fastening system includes lacing system. 6. The article of footwear of claim 2, wherein said foot bootie includes an aeration region with open mesh material for receiving air therethrough. 7. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said frame member includes at least a medial portion and a lateral portion interfitting together. 8. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said shroud covers at least a forefoot portion of said foot holding system. 9. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said frame member has a length in the direction from a medial side and a lateral side of said sole, and said frame member includes at least a variable cross section along its length. 10. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said shroud includes a sleeve sized for receiving said frame member, said sleeve having a medial outlet and a lateral outlet for said medial end and said lateral end of said frame member extending from the medial outlet and the lateral outlet, respectively. 11. An article of footwear, comprising:a sole having a midsole;a shroud for covering a forefoot portion and at least a midfoot portion of a foot of a wearer;a frame member for tensioning said shroud away from said forefoot portion and said at least a midfoot portion of said foot of said wearer, said frame member being attached to said midsole; anda foot holding system for holding the foot of the wearer to said sole. 12. The article of footwear of claim 11, wherein said frame member is coupled to a medial side and a lateral side of said midsole. 13. The article of footwear of claim 12, wherein said frame member includes a length in a direction traversing said medial side and said lateral side, said frame member having a variable cross-section along said length. 14. The article of footwear of claim 12, wherein said frame member includes a frame body and a rib, said frame body having an upper surface and an opposing lower surface. 15. The article of footwear of claim 14, wherein said rib is disposed on said upper surface of said frame body. 16. The article of footwear of claim 12, wherein said frame member includes a medial portion disposed on said medial side and a lateral portion disposed on said lateral side, said medial portion and said lateral portion of said frame member capable of being interconnected together. 17. The article of footwear of claim 11, wherein said shroud includes a sleeve for retaining said frame member therein. 18. The article of footwear of claim 11, wherein said foot holding system includes an adjustable foot fastening system for tightening said foot of said wearer against said sole. 19. The article of footwear of claim 18, wherein said adjustable foot fastening system includes a lacing system. 20. The article of footwear of claim 18, wherein said adjustable foot fastening system includes an adjustable tensioner attached to said foot holding system. 21. The article of footwear of claim 12, further including a foot fastening system for tightening said foot of said wearer to said sole, said foot fastening system extending from said midsole. 22. The article of footwear of claim 21, wherein said foot fastening system extends from said midsole, and said foot fastening system includes a medial compression member disposed on said medial side and a lateral compression member disposed on said lateral side. 23. The article of footwear of claim 11, wherein said frame member and said shroud is removable from said midsole. 24. The article of footwear of claim 11, wherein said foot holding system further includes a forefoot aeration region having an air permeable material for receiving air therethrough. 25. The article of footwear of claim 24, wherein said foot holding system further includes a medial aeration region and a lateral region including said air permeable material. 26. An article of footwear, comprising:a sole having a midsole including a midsole periphery;a shroud system for covering a foot of a wearer, said shroud system being coupled to said midsole periphery;a frame member for tenting said shroud system from said foot of said wearer; anda foot holding system for holding said foot of said wearer to said sole. 27. The article of footwear of claim 26, wherein said frame member includes a lateral end and a medial end, said lateral end and said medial end being attached to said shroud system. 28. The article of footwear of claim 27, wherein said shroud system is removable from said midsole periphery. 29. The article of footwear of claim 26, wherein said shroud system includes an tongue portion disposed on a bottom periphery of said shroud system and said midsole periphery includes a grooved portion, said tongue portion is capable of being removably attachable to said grooved portion. 30. The article of footwear of claim 29, wherein said shroud system further includes a gripping element for said wearer to grasp thereon, said gripping element disposed on a rearward portion of said bottom periphery of said shroud system. 31. The article of footwear of claim 26, wherein said sole further includes an outsole having a forefoot portion, a raised arched portion, and a rearfoot portion, said forefoot portion and said rearfoot portion configured for engaging a ground surface, said shroud system further including an sole strap for engaging said raised arched portion between a lateral side and a medial side of said outsole. 32. The article of footwear of claim 26, further including an adjustable foot fastening system extending from said midsole, and said adjustable foot fastening system including a medial compression member and a lateral compression member, said medial compression member is disposed on a medial side and said lateral compression member is disposed on a lateral side of said foot holding system. 33. The article of footwear of claim 32, wherein said adjustable foot fastening system further includes a closed loop and a tensioning member. 34. The article of footwear of claim 33, wherein said foot holding system includes a foot bootie extending from said sole. 35. The article of footwear of claim 26, wherein said midsole periphery of said midsole further includes a locating groove, and said sole further includes a raised arch portion, said shroud system further includes an attachment member disposed on a lower periphery of said shroud system, said attachment member for interfitting in said locating groove, and said shroud system further including a strap for engaging said raised arch portion between a lateral side and a medial side of said sole. 36. An upper system for an article of footwear, comprising:a shroud for covering at least a forefoot portion and a midfoot portion of a foot of a wearer, said shroud being configured to be removably coupled to said article of footwear; anda frame member for tenting said shroud from said at least a forefoot portion and said midfoot portion of said foot of said wearer, said frame member having a lateral end and a medial end being coupled to a lateral side and a medial side of said shroud, respectively. 37. The upper system of claim 36, wherein said shroud includes a locating member for removably coupling said shroud to said article of footwear, said locating member bein g disposed on a bottom periphery of said shroud. 38. The article of footwear of claims 37 , wherein said shroud further covers a rearfoot portion of said foot of said wearer. 39. The article of footwear of claim 36, wherein said shroud further includes a transverse bottom strap extending between the medial side and the lateral side. 40. An article of footwear, comprising:a sole including a midsole;a shroud extending from said sole for enclosing at least a forefoot portion of a foot of a wearer therein;means for tenting a portion of said shroud away from the foot of said wearer; andmeans for holding the foot of said wearer against said sole;wherein said means for holding the foot includes a foot bootie. 41. The article of footwear of claim 40, wherein said means for tenting includes at least one frame member coupled to said shroud and to said sole. 42. The article of footwear of claim 40, wherein said means for tenting includes a plurality of frame members coupled to said shroud and to said sole. 43. The article of footwear of claim 1, wherein said frame member is spaced from the foot holding system by at least a distance of 0.25 inches. 44. The article of footwear of claim 11, wherein said frame member is spaced from said foot holding system by at least a distance of 1.0 inch.