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US 12,557,870 B2Granted
Knitted component with adjustable tensioning system
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorGagandeep Singh
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Abstract
An article of footwear may include one or more of the following: a knitted component, the knitted component including a plurality of courses; and at least one inlaid strand, where the at least one inlaid strand is inlaid within at least one course of the plurality of courses, and where the at least one inlaid strand includes an exposed portion, the exposed portion at least partially extending through a throat area of the article of footwear when the article of footwear is in a wearable state.
Claims9
An article of footwear, comprising:
- a knitted component comprising a plurality of courses, wherein the knitted component comprises an underfoot portion configured to extend beneath a foot, a medial portion extending upward from the underfoot portion and terminating at a first edge on a medial side, and a lateral portion extending upward from the underfoot portion and terminating at a second edge on a lateral side opposite to the first edge;
- at least one first inlaid strand, wherein the at least one first inlaid strand is inlaid within at least one course of the plurality of courses and forms a plurality of exposed loops along the first edge and along the second edge;
- and a fastening system comprising a second strand, wherein the second strand extends through one of the plurality of exposed loops on the second edge, traverses across a throat area from the second edge to the first edge, extends through and at least partially around one of the plurality of exposed loops on the first edge, returns across the throat area from the first edge to the second edge, and through the one of the plurality of exposed loops on the second edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.