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US 11,299,829 B2Granted
Knitting machine with adjustable needle beds and variable thickness knitted component
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorAdrian Meir
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Abstract
A variable thickness knitted component including a first region having a spacer knit construction, the first region having a first thickness, and a second region having the spacer knit construction, the second region having a second thickness different than the first thickness. The knitted component may be an integral one-piece element.
Claims17
A variable thickness knitted component formed on a knitting machine comprising a first needle bed and a second needle bed, the variable thickness knitted component comprising:
- a first region comprising a double jersey knit structure comprising a first layer having a first plurality of loops formed on the first needle bed and a second layer having a second plurality of loops formed on the second needle bed;
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- a second region comprising a variable thickness spacer knit construction formed between the first layer and the second layer by interlocking a spacer yarn and varying a distance “d” between the first needle bed and the second needle bed following formation of each course.
A variable thickness knitted component, comprising:
- a first region comprising a first layer having a jersey knit structure and a second layer having the jersey knit structure, the first region having a first thickness;
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- a second region comprising a variable thickness spacer knit construction between the first layer and the second layer, the second region having a second variable thickness characterized by at least one spacer strand that is interlocked between the first layer and the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.