Footwear manufacturing with a nested flat pattern upper
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorBruce J. Kilgore
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Abstract
An article of footwear flat pattern upper having an upper portion and a footbed portion is provided. The upper portion and the footbed portion are integrally continuous, such that the upper portion lateral side converges with the footbed lateral side. The flat pattern includes nested same-sided article of footwear with a reduced surplus portion there between. The articles of footwear includes the following continuous portions: the first medial side with a toe end, the toe end with a lateral side, the lateral side with a heel end, and the heel end with the second medial side. The first medial side and the second medial side are joined to form dimensional article of footwear.
Claims24
A footwear flat pattern comprising:
- a first article of footwear pattern comprising:
- a first upper portion having a toe end and an opposite heel end, a lateral side, a first medial side portion and a second medial side portion, wherein the first medial side portion extends from the toe end and the second medial side portion extends from the heel end;
- a second article of footwear pattern comprising:
- a second upper portion having a toe end and an opposite heel end, a lateral side, a first medial side portion and a second medial side portion, wherein the first medial side portion extends from the toe end and the second medial side portion extends from the heel end;
- a surplus portion, the surplus portion extending between the first upper portion and the second upper portion, wherein the first article of footwear pattern, the second article of footwear pattern and the surplus portion are integrally continuous;
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- an overlay secured to the first upper portion and the second upper portion.
A footwear flat pattern comprising:
- a first article of footwear pattern comprising:
- a first upper portion having a toe end and an opposite heel end, a lateral side, a first medial side portion and a second medial side portion, wherein the first medial side portion extends from the toe end and the second medial side portion extends from the heel end;
- a second article of footwear pattern comprising:
- a second upper portion having a toe end and an opposite heel end, a lateral side, a first medial side portion and a second medial side portion, wherein the first medial side portion extends from the toe end and the second medial side portion extends from the heel end;
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- a surplus portion, the surplus portion extending between the first upper portion and the second upper portion, wherein the first article of footwear pattern, the second article of footwear pattern and the surplus portion are integrally continuous, wherein the surplus portion is comprised of a first origin aperture and a second origin aperture, the first origin aperture positioned between the first upper portion toe end, lateral side, and first medial side portion in a throat of the first upper portion, and the second origin aperture positioned between the second upper portion toe end, lateral side, and first medial side portion in a throat of the second upper portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.