Footwear manufacturing with a nested flat pattern upper
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorBruce J. Kilgore
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Abstract
An article of footwear flat pattern upper having an upper portion and a footbed portion is provided. The upper portion and the footbed portion are integrally continuous, such that the upper portion lateral side converges with the footbed lateral side. The flat pattern includes nested same-sided article of footwear with a reduced surplus portion there between. The articles of footwear include the following continuous portions: the first medial side with a toe end, the toe end with a lateral side, the lateral side with a heel end, and the heel end with the second medial side. The first medial side and the second medial side are joined to form a dimensional article of footwear.
Claims20
A footwear flat pattern, comprising:
- a first article of footwear pattern;
- a second article of footwear pattern;
- a surplus portion, the surplus portion extending between the first article of footwear pattern and the second article of footwear pattern, wherein the first article of footwear pattern, the second article of footwear pattern, and the surplus portion are integrally continuous;
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- an overlay secured to, and extending between, the first article of footwear pattern and the second article of footwear pattern, the overlay defining a shape that is distinct from the first article of footwear pattern and the second article of footwear pattern.
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