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US 11,001,947 B2Granted
Articles with integrally knit heat-treatable yarn
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsHannah R. Amis, Dallas Lund, Amy Lyttle
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Abstract
An article with heat-treatable thermoplastic yarn includes various features. The article may include knit structures that at least partially affect rigidity in a zone that includes thermoplastic yarn. In addition, the article may include knit structures that at least partially affect elasticity in a zone that that includes thermoplastic yarn.
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a knit wall that is constructed of a plurality of knit courses and that includes a first side and a second side, wherein each knit course of the plurality of knit courses includes a plurality needle positions;
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- a thermoplastic yarn integrally knit into a first knit course of the plurality of knit courses,
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a first portion that is integrally knit into the first knit course at a first subset of needle positions and that is positioned on the first side,
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a second portion that extends through a thickness of the knit wall and from the first side to the second side, and
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a third portion that traverses a second subset of needle positions and that is positioned on the second side.
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An article comprising:
- a knit tubular wall that is constructed of a plurality of knit courses including a first set of knit courses, a second set of knit courses, and a third set of knit courses, wherein the first set of knit courses, the second set of knit courses, and the third set of knit courses are adjacently arranged such that the second set of knit courses is positioned directly between the first set of knit courses and the third set of knit courses;
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- a thermoplastic yarn that is integrally knit into the first set of knit courses and the third set of knit courses and that is omitted from the second set of knit courses,
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a first portion that is positioned on a first side of the knit tubular wall,
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a second portion that extends through a thickness of the knit tubular wall from the first side to a second side of the knit tubular wall, and
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a third portion that is positioned on the second side of the knit tubular wall.
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An article comprising:
- a knit wall that is constructed of a plurality of knit courses and that includes a first side and a second side,
- wherein each knit course of the plurality of knit courses includes a plurality needle positions,
- wherein the plurality of knit courses includes a first knit course, a second knit course, and a third knit course;
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- wherein the second knit course is positioned between the first knit course and the third knit course;
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- a thermoplastic yarn that is integrally knit into the first knit course and the third knit course and that is omitted from the second knit course,
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a first portion that is integrally knit into the first knit course at a first subset of needle positions and that is positioned on the first side,
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a second portion that extends through a thickness of the knit wall and from the first side to the second side, and
- wherein the thermoplastic yarn includes a third portion that traverses a second subset of needle positions and that is positioned on the second side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.