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US 2014/0196315 A1Published application
Spacer Textile Material With Tensile Strands That Intersect
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDouglas A. Beye, Lysandre Follet
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Abstract
A spacer textile material has at least a portion of multiple tensile strands located between a first layer and a second layer of the spacer textile material where the first layer and second layer have been joined together to form channels in which the tensile strands move freely. In one or more locations, a first tensile strand and a second tensile overlap at an intersection region. Further, the spacer textile material may be incorporated into an article of footwear.
Claims20
A spacer textile material comprising:
- a first layer;
- a second layer;
- a plurality of connecting members extending between and joining the first layer and the second layer;
- a first tensile strand and a second tensile strand;
- a first channel bounded by portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;
- a second channel bounded by portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;
- wherein a portion of a first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first channel;
- wherein a portion of a second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the second channel;
- and
- wherein the first tensile strand intersects the second tensile strand at an intersection region.
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A spacer textile material comprising:
- a first layer;
- a second layer;
- a plurality of connecting members extending between and joining the first layer and the second layer;
- a first tensile strand and a second tensile strand;
- a first channel bounded by portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;
- a second channel bounded by portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;
- wherein a portion of the first tensile strand is disposed in the first channel and wherein a portion of the second tensile strand is disposed in the second channel;
- and
- wherein the first tensile strand intersects the second tensile strand at a first intersection region and a second intersection region that is spaced apart from the first intersection region.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper and a sole structure,
- wherein at least a portion of the upper comprises:
- a spacer textile material comprising:
- a first layer;
- a second layer;
- a plurality of connecting members extending between and joining the first layer and the second layer;
- a first tensile strand and a second tensile strand;
- wherein portions of the first layer are joined to portions of the second layer to define a plurality channels;
- wherein at least a portion of the first tensile strand and at least a portion of the second tensile strand are disposed between the first layer and second layer within the plurality of channels;
- and
- wherein the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand intersect in an intersection region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.