Knitted component with vertical inlay and method of making the same
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorAdrian Meir
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Abstract
A knitted component may include a knit element formed with a plurality of courses and a plurality of wales, where the plurality of courses include a first course and the plurality of wales include a first wale and a second wale. A set of inlaid strands including at least a first inlaid strand and a second inlaid strand may be included. A first area and a second area may be included, where in the first area, each inlaid strand of the set of inlaid strands extends through at least a portion of the first course, and where in the second area, the first inlaid strand extends through the first wale and the second inlaid strand extends through the second wale.
Claims18
A knitted component, comprising:
- a knit element formed with a plurality of courses and a plurality of wales, the plurality of courses comprising a first course and the plurality of wales comprising a first wale and a second wale;
- a set of inlaid strands comprising at least a first inlaid strand and a second inlaid strand;
- and
- a first area and a second area,
- wherein in the first area, each inlaid strand of the set of inlaid strands extends through at least a portion of the first course, and
- wherein in the second area, the first inlaid strand extends through the first wale and the second inlaid strand extends through the second wale, and
- wherein in the second area, the second inlaid strand extends through a portion of the first course located between the first wale and the second wale.
A method of manufacturing a knitted component, comprising:
- moving a first feeder in a first direction to form a first course of the knitted component;
- moving a second feeder along the first course to a first position such that a set of inlaid strands is inlaid through the first course in the first direction, the set of inlaid strands comprising a first inlaid strand and a second inlaid strand;
- holding the second feeder in the first position;
- and
- moving the first feeder along the first direction while the second feeder is held in the first position such that, as additional courses are formed, the first inlaid strand and the second inlaid strand are respectively inlaid through first and second wales that extend in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.