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US 11,712,088 B2Granted
Knitted member for an article of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsThomas G. Bell, Scott C. Holt, Thomas J. Rushbrook, Sam Amis
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Abstract
A warp knit element for an article of footwear includes a plurality of cell structures that extend from a sole structure to a lacing region of an upper.
Claims18
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure;
- and
- an upper that includes an expanded warp knit element that extends from the sole structure to a lacing region of the upper, the warp knit element being formed of a unitary knit construction and comprising a plurality of multi-sided cell structures including a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side,
- wherein each cell structure comprises a bottom junction at the sole structure, a top junction at the lacing region, a first side junction, and a second side junction spaced apart from the first side junction, and
- wherein the first side extends from the bottom junction to the first side junction, the second side extends from the first side junction to the top junction, the third side extends from the top junction to the second side junction, and the fourth junction extends from the second side junction to the bottom junction.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole structure;
- and
- an upper that includes an integral expanded warp knit element that extends along at least a portion of a lateral side of the article of footwear and along at least a portion of a medial side of the article of footwear, and extends from the sole structure to a lacing region of the upper, the warp knit element comprising a plurality of cell structures, each cell structure having four sides and an opening in an area circumscribed by the four sides,
- wherein each cell structure comprises a bottom junction secured at the sole structure, a top junction secured at the lacing region, and opposing first and second side junctions located on the upper between the sole structure and the lacing region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.