Footwear upper with unitary support frame

An article of footwear comprising:

• a heel region, a forefoot region spaced apart from the heel region, and a midfoot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region;
• an upper including a body and a unitary support frame attached to the body;
• a sole structure attached to and underlying the upper;
• the unitary support frame supporting the body over the sole structure, and the body defining a foot-receiving cavity over the sole structure and an ankle opening in communication with the foot-receiving cavity;
• the unitary support frame defining a medial peak at a medial side of the article of footwear and a lateral peak at a lateral side of the article of footwear, and extending forwardly and downwardly from the medial peak and from the lateral peak and around the ankle opening;
• wherein the unitary support frame is configured as an arch over the sole structure forward of the ankle opening that extends from the lateral side to the medial side to suspend the body over the sole structure and inhibit collapse of the body toward the sole structure;
• wherein the unitary support frame is directly attached to the sole structure at the midfoot region and the heel region and is not directly attached to the sole structure at the forefoot region;
• wherein the unitary support frame includes a base extending along the sole structure at a rear of the heel region of the article of footwear from the lateral side to the medial side, the upper comprises a front section and a hinged heel section, the front section includes the body, and the hinged heel section is pivotable relative to the body at the rear of the heel region;
• wherein the upper comprises an elastic heel band extending around the hinged heel section from the medial side to the lateral side;
• wherein the unitary support frame has a first medial segment extending upwardly and forwardly on the medial side to the medial peak, and a first lateral segment extending upwardly and forwardly on the lateral side to the lateral peak;
• wherein the elastic heel band extends upwardly and rearwardly from the front section at the medial side and at the lateral side at a first angle relative to a horizontal plane;
• and
• wherein the base includes a medial arm extending forwardly under the first medial segment, and a lateral arm extending forwardly under the first lateral segment, an edge of the medial arm of the base and an edge of the lateral arm of the base extending upwardly and rearwardly from the sole structure at the first angle relative to the horizontal plane.