- Patent Title: Knitted component having an auxetic portion and a tensile element
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Application No.: US17189590Application Date: 2021-03-02
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Publication No.: US11643760B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Tory M. Cross , Daniel A. Podhajny
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
- Main IPC: D04B1/24
- IPC: D04B1/24 ; A43C1/00 ; A43C1/04 ; A43B23/02 ; D04B1/22 ; A43B13/14 ; A43B13/18 ; A43B1/04 ; A43C5/00 ; D04B1/18

Abstract:
An upper for an article of footwear may include a knitted component having an auxetic portion. The auxetic portion may be configured to move between a first position and a second position as the knitted component stretches. The knitted component may also include a tensile strand inlaid within at least one of a course and a wale of the knit element, where the tensile strand extends through the auxetic portion, and where the tensile strand is selectively securable to the knit element via a securement device. The securement device may be spaced from the auxetic portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210180224A1 KNITTED COMPONENT HAVING AN AUXETIC PORTION AND A TENSILE ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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