Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Footwear article including circular knit structures
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Application No.: US16682844Application Date: 2019-11-13
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Publication No.: US11408104B2Publication Date: 2022-08-09
- Inventor: Alexander Dardinski , David Hass , Kurtis Schnackenberg , John Ly
- Applicant: The North Face Apparel Corp.
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: The North Face Apparel Corp.
- Current Assignee: The North Face Apparel Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Smith, Gambrell & Russell LLP
- Main IPC: D04B1/26
- IPC: D04B1/26 ; D04B1/12 ; D04B1/10 ; A43B1/04 ; A43B23/04 ; D04B9/46 ; D04B7/32 ; D04B1/02 ; A43B23/02

Abstract:
An aspect of the disclosure is a footwear article. The footwear article includes a double layer knitted upper having a foot bed, an upper portion continuous with the foot bed, an ankle opening, and an inner void for receiving a foot of a wearer. The double layer knitted upper has an outer knit layer defining an exterior surface of the double layer knitted upper. The double layer knitted upper also has an inner knit layer monolithically knit to the outer knit layer. The inner knit layer has a plurality of inner knit regions that spatially correspond to the plurality of outer knit regions of the outer knit layer. The outer knit layer and the inner knit layer substantially define the foot bed and the upper portion of the double layer knitted upper.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200080242A1 FOOTWEAR ARTICLE INCLUDING CIRCULAR KNIT STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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