Article with ribbon structure
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorTom Luedecke
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper having a ribbon structure. The ribbon structure includes a first set of ribbon sections oriented substantially in a first direction, a second set of ribbon sections oriented substantially in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, and a third set of ribbon sections oriented substantially in a third direction that is different from the first direction and the second direction. The first set of ribbon sections includes at least a first ribbon portion and the second set of ribbon sections includes at least a second ribbon portion, wherein the first ribbon portion and the second ribbon portion intersect at a node.
Claims20
An upper for an article of footwear, comprising:
- a ribbon structure comprising a first ribbon portion, a second ribbon portion, and a third ribbon portion, each ribbon portion in the ribbon structure defined by a long, flat and narrow strip of material that is elongated in a length direction relative to a width direction and elongated in the width direction relative to a thickness direction;
- the first ribbon portion intersecting the second ribbon portion at a first node;
- the second ribbon portion intersecting the third ribbon portion at a second node;
- and
- the third ribbon portion intersecting the first ribbon portion at a third node;
- and
- wherein the first ribbon portion is oriented substantially in a first direction, wherein the second ribbon portion is oriented substantially in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and wherein the third ribbon portion is oriented such that the first ribbon portion, the second ribbon portion, and the third ribbon portion are arranged in a triaxial pattern.
An article of footwear, comprising:
- a sole structure;
- and
- an upper positioned over the sole structure, the upper comprising a ribbon structure including a first node in communication with a second node, each node comprising overlapping first and second ribbon portions, wherein the ribbon structure comprises at least one first continuous ribbon arranged in a first layer and at least one second continuous ribbon arranged in a second layer, the at least one first continuous ribbon and the at least one second continuous ribbon intersecting at the nodes, wherein each of the at least one first continuous ribbon and the at least one second continuous ribbon are formed of a long, flat and narrow strip of material that is elongated in a length direction relative to a width direction and elongated in the width direction relative to a thickness direction.
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper including a ribbon structure, the ribbon structure comprising:
- a first set of ribbon sections oriented substantially in a first direction;
- a second set of ribbon sections oriented substantially in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;
- a third set of ribbon sections oriented substantially in a third direction that is different from the first direction and the second direction;
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- the first set of ribbon sections including at least a first ribbon portion and the second set of ribbon sections including at least a second ribbon portion, wherein the first ribbon portion and the second ribbon portion intersect at a node,
- wherein each ribbon section in the ribbon structure is defined by a long, flat and narrow strip of material that is elongated in a length direction relative to a width direction and elongated in the width direction relative to a thickness direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.