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US 11,589,644 B2Granted
Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a one-piece knit outsole and a tensile element
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTory M. Cross, Daniel A. Podhajny
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Abstract
An article of footwear including a sole system, including an upper and the sole system. The sole system includes a knitted component incorporating a one-piece knit outsole. The knit outsole has a ground-facing side, a top side, an inlaid tensile element, and a ground-engaging cleat member protruding from the ground-facing side of the knit outsole. The tensile element may be adjacent a cleat member. The upper is connected at its bottom to the top side of the knit outsole.
Claims21
A sole system for an article of footwear, the sole system comprising:
- a knitted component comprising a knit outsole that includes a bottom side and a top side that is opposite to the bottom side;
- a cleat protruding from the bottom side of the knit outsole;
- a first tensile strand that is inlaid along at least one course of the knit outsole in a course-wise direction;
- and
- a second tensile strand that is inlaid along at least one course of the knit outsole in the course-wise direction,
- wherein the cleat is located between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand.
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An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper comprising a knitted component and an overfoot portion located on at least one of a lateral side and a medial side of the article of footwear;
- a sole system comprising a knit outsole that includes the knitted component, wherein the knit outsole has a bottom side with a bottom surface, and a top side;
- a cleat protruding from the bottom side of the knit outsole;
- a first tensile strand that is inlaid along at least one course of the knit outsole in a course-wise direction;
- and
- a second tensile strand that is inlaid along at least one course of the knit outsole in the course-wise direction,
- wherein the cleat is located between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.