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.
Claims20
A method of making a sole system for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- molding, on a one-piece knit outsole comprising a ground-facing side and a top side, a ground-engaging cleat member such that the ground-engaging cleat member is protruding from the ground-facing side of the knit outsole, wherein the knit outsole comprises a knit structure inlaid with a tensile element.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- forming a knitted component that comprises an integrally-formed knit outsole with an inner-facing surface, an outer-facing surface, and a tensile element inlaid within the knit outsole;
- molding a plurality of cleat members onto the outer-facing surface of the knit outsole;
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- integrating the knitted component with the plurality of cleat members into an article of footwear.
A method of manufacturing a sole system for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- knitting a one-piece knitted component comprising a knit outsole having a top side and a ground-facing side;
- inlaying a tensile element into the one-piece knitted component;
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- molding a ground-engaging cleat member onto the ground-facing side of the knit outsole, such that the tensile element is adjacent to the ground-engaging cleat member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.