Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shoes with knit upper portion
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Application No.: US16354118Application Date: 2019-03-14
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Publication No.: US11026477B2Publication Date: 2021-06-08
- Inventor: Jamie McLellan , Thomas Jad Finck , Lisa Halbower-Fenton , James Romero , Uidong Cho , Joseph Zwillinger , Timothy Brown
- Applicant: Allbirds, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: Allbirds, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Allbirds, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agency: Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, LLP
- Main IPC: A43B23/02
- IPC: A43B23/02 ; A43B1/04 ; A43B1/00

Abstract:
A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes multiple regions having different textile properties to improve the performance of the shoe, including durability and comfort. In some cases, the multi-region upper portion may include regions having different thickness and/or flexibility based on a location relative to a wearer's foot to better support the wearer's foot. For example, the multi-region upper portion may include a reinforcement region having a first thickness and a flex region having a second thickness less than the first thickness. As another example, the multi-region upper portion may include a reinforcement region having a first stiffness and a flex region having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200288812A1 SHOES WITH KNIT UPPER PORTION Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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