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US 10,895,025 B2Granted
Article having a first zone with first and second yarns
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAlexa Manos-Gully, Gagandeep Singh, Daren P. Tatler
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an article. The article may include a knitted component with a first zone, the first zone being at least partially formed with a first yarn and a second yarn. The first yarn may be a monofilament yarn. The second yarn may have a tenacity of at least 5 grams per denier (g/D). The first yarn and the second yarn may be adjacent at least at one location within the first zone.
Claims17
An article of footwear, the article of footwear comprising:
- an upper at least partially formed with a knitted component, the knitted component having a first zone, the first zone being at least partially formed with a first yarn and a second yarn;
- the first yarn being a monofilament yarn;
- and
- the second yarn being a multi-filament yarn and having a tenacity of at least 5 grams per denier (g/D),
- wherein the second yarn includes a course within the first zone that has a first plurality of loops that alternate with a second plurality of loops,
- wherein the first yarn and the second yarn are knitted together such that they extend together through the first yarn engages the first plurality of loops;
- and
- wherein the first yarn floats past each of the second plurality of loops.
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An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
- a first yarn being a monofilament yarn;
- and
- a second yarn being a multi-filament yarn and having a tenacity of at least 5 grams per denier (g/D),
- wherein the first yarn is knitted with the second yarn in at least a first zone of the upper such that the first yarn and the second yarn are knitted together via at least one loop of a knitted course,
- wherein the first zone is at least partially formed with a third yarn, the third yarn including a thermoplastic polymer material, and
- wherein the thermoplastic polymer material forms a bond between the first yarn and the second yarn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.