Injection-molded footwear and methods of making the same

An article of footwear, comprising:

• an upper comprising an outer surface and a bottom region;
• and
• a sole comprising an injection-molded resin, wherein the injection-molded resin forms a resin coating at least partly coating the outer surface of the upper,
• wherein at a first medial-lateral cross-section of the footwear:
• the resin coating ceases at a first height on the outer surface of the upper at a first side of the first medial-lateral cross-section,
• the resin coating ceases at a second height on the outer surface of the upper at a second side of the first medial-lateral cross-section, the second height being higher than the first height,
• the resin coating comprises a first thickness gradient at the first side of the first medial-lateral cross-section, and
• the resin coating comprises a second thickness gradient at the second side of the first medial-lateral cross-section,
• wherein the first height and the second height are measured away from the bottom region of the upper parallel to a center-line of the first medial-lateral cross-section, the center-line extending through a geometric center of the first medial-lateral cross-section and normal to the bottom region of the upper,
• wherein an upper edge of the resin coating is essentially flush with the outer surface of the upper, the upper edge of the resin coating facing away from the bottom region of the upper,
• wherein the outer surface of the upper is knitted, the knitted outer surface of the upper comprising a plurality of channels defined by a knitted pattern, and
• wherein injection-molded resin extends away from the upper edge of the resin coating, away from the bottom region of the upper, and into the channels of the knitted outer surface.