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US 10,743,618 B2Granted
Hybrid braided article
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Bruce, Eunice Kyung Lee, Craig K. Sills
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Abstract
An upper for an article of footwear is formed by incorporating different braided portions. The upper may be formed by incorporating a first braided portion with a second braided portion. The top portion of the upper may have the first braided portion. The lower portion of the upper may have the second braided portion.
Claims5
A method of making an article of footwear, comprising:
- providing a set of spools configured with a set of tensile elements;
- providing a braiding machine having a first section and a second section;
- wherein the braiding machine is configured with the set of spools;
- passing a last through a braiding point, the braiding point being a region where the set of tensile elements converge, thereby forming a seamless braided structure on the last;
- moving the set of spools through the first section to form a first braid portion of the seamless braided structure;
- moving the set of spools through the second section to form a second braid portion of the seamless braided structure;
- wherein a set of rotor gears move the set of spools in a Jacquard motion in the first section;
- and
- wherein the set of rotor gears move the set of spools in a Non-Jacquard motion in the second section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.