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US 10,299,538 B2Granted
Sockliner with integral skirt
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorBruce J. Kilgore
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Abstract
A sockliner for a shoe may be formed to include an integral fabric skirt. The fabric skirt may remain loose from the sockliner along at least a portion of the periphery of the sockliner. The loose periphery of the fabric skirt may be used to join the sockliner to other shoe components, as in a strobel-type seam.
Claims20
A sockliner, the sockliner comprising:
- a foam body, the foam body having a surface, the surface of the foam body having a central portion and a periphery;
- and
- a fabric skirt that is molded with the foam body, the fabric skirt having a surface and a periphery, the surface of the fabric skirt joined to the surface of the foam body in the central portion to form a joined portion that is less than the surface of the foam body, leaving at least a portion of the periphery of the fabric skirt loose from at least a portion of the periphery of the foam body.
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole;
- an upper joined to the sole;
- a sockliner contained by the upper and the sole, the sockliner comprising:
- a fabric skirt contained within the upper, the fabric skirt having a surface including a central portion and a periphery;
- and
- a foam body molded with the fabric skirt, the foam body having a surface, the surface of the foam body joined to the surface of the fabric skirt in the central portion to form a joined portion that is less than the surface of the foam body, the periphery of the fabric skirt is loose from at least a portion of the periphery of the foam body.
3 more elements
A sockliner, the sockliner comprising:
- a foam body, the foam body having a surface and a periphery;
- and
- a fabric skirt that is molded with the foam body, the fabric skirt having a surface and a periphery, the surface of the fabric skirt joined to the surface of the foam body to form a joined portion that is less than the surface of the foam body, where the periphery of the fabric skirt diverges away from the periphery of the foam body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.