Article of footwear having knit upper with edging
AssigneeFuerst Group, Inc.
InventorRory Fuerst, Sr.
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Abstract
A footwear article, comprising a single-piece knit upper that includes a medial portion and a plurality straps. The footwear article may further comprise one or more openings formed into the knit upper, a perimeter of the one or more openings defined at least in part by an edge of the knit upper, and a pipe edging may be fixed to the edge of the knit upper defining the openings. Further, a sole may be coupled to the knit upper. In at least one example, the footwear article may additionally comprise a lacing system that includes a plurality of cords, and strap of the knit upper may have a separate cord section of the lacing system attached therein. A plastic overlay may be positioned over the cords of the lacing system that are attached to the knit upper, in at least one example.
Claims20
A footwear article, comprising:
- a single-piece knit upper including a knit medial portion and a plurality of knit straps extending from the knit medial portion;
- a medial cord section positioned on top of the knit medial portion;
- a plurality of strap cord sections, each of the plurality of strap cord sections positioned on top of a corresponding knit strap of the plurality of knit straps, where each of the strap cord sections forms a loop that interlocks with the medial cord section;
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- a sole coupled to the knit upper.
A footwear article, comprising:
- a knit upper, the knit upper including a knit medial portion, and a plurality of knit straps extending from the knit medial portion, where the plurality of knit straps are adjacent to one another, and where an opening defined by an edge of the knit upper is formed between each pair of adjacent straps;
- an edge piping fixed to the edge of the knit upper defining the opening formed between each pair of adjacent straps;
- a lacing system positioned over the knit upper;
- a plurality of overlays positioned over the lacing system;
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- a sole coupled to the knit upper.
A footwear article, comprising:
- a knit upper comprising a knit medial portion, a plurality of knit straps extending from the medial portion, and a knit heel strap;
- a lacing cord structure including a medial cord section that is positioned over the knit medial portion, a strap cord section that is positioned over each of the plurality of knit straps, and a heel cord section that is positioned over the knit heel strap;
- a plurality of cord trapping overlays positioned over the lacing cord structure;
- a sole coupled to the knit upper;
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- a removable footbed coupled to a top of the sole, the removable footbed forming a portion of an exterior of the footwear article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.