Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Article of footwear incorporating a knitted component
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Application No.: US13691316Application Date: 2012-11-30
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Publication No.: US09861160B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Daniel A. Podhajny , Benjamin A. Shaffer , Erin E. Toraya , Robert C. Williams, Jr.
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: A43B1/04
- IPC: A43B1/04 ; A43B23/02 ; A43B23/04 ; A43C5/00 ; D04B1/10 ; D04B1/18 ; D04B1/12

Abstract:
An article of footwear may have an upper with a knitted component. Alone or in combination, the knitted component may include regions with different degrees of stretch-resistance; the knitted component forms a collar with a half-gauge knit; the upper includes a strand with sections that are inlaid within the knitted component, and the sections are positioned immediately adjacent to each other; the strand forms a plurality of loops, pairs of the loops are positioned immediately adjacent to each other and configured to receive a lace; and the knitted component includes a thermoplastic polymer material, and the strand is unbonded to the thermoplastic polymer material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140150292A1 Article Of Footwear Incorporating A Knitted Component Public/Granted day:2014-06-05
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