# US 2014/0196315 A1 · Spacer Textile Material With Tensile Strands That Intersect > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196315 A1 - Document ID: US20140196315A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/741,435 - Filed: 2013-01-15 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-15 - Assignees: NIKE, Inc. - Applicants: Nike, Inc. - Inventors: Douglas A. Beye; Lysandre Follet - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196315A1 ## CPC - A43B 23/0205: {characterised by the material (material of the lining A43B23/07, material of toe stiffeners or heel stiffeners A43B23/08)} - A43B 23/0235: {Different layers of different material} - A43B 23/0245: {characterised by the constructive form} - A43B 23/025: {assembled by stitching} - A43B 23/0255: {assembled by gluing or thermo bonding} - A43C 1/04: with rings or loops - D04B 1/22: specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration - D04B 21/20: specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration - D10B 2403/021: Lofty fabric with equidistantly spaced front and back plies, e.g. spacer fabrics - D10B 2403/02412: including several arrays of unbent yarn, e.g. multiaxial fabrics - D10B 2501/043: Footwear - Y10T 428/24174: including sheet or component perpendicular to plane of web or sheet - A43B: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR - A43C: FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL - D04B: KNITTING - D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The spacer textile material according to claim 1, wherein the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand are disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the intersection region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The spacer textile material according to claim 2, wherein the first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the intersection region and wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the intersection region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The spacer textile material according to claim 1, wherein the intersection region is associated with a connecting portion that joins the first channel and the second channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The spacer textile according to claim 2, wherein the first tensile strand contacts the second tensile strand in the intersection region. ### Claim 6 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand are disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region and in the second intersection region. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region and the second intersection region, and wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the first intersection region and the second intersection region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The spacer textile material according to claim 8, wherein an intermediate portion of the first tensile strand extends along an outer face of the first layer between a first opening and a second opening, and wherein the intermediate portion extends through the first intersection region and the second intersection region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region and the second intersection region, and wherein a first intermediate portion of the second tensile strand is disposed outwardly of the spacer textile material in the first intersection region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The spacer textile material according to claim 10, wherein a second intermediate portion of the second tensile strand is disposed outwardly of the spacer textile material in the second intersection region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the second intersection region and wherein the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The spacer textile material according to claim 12, wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile material and the second tensile material in the first intersection region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The spacer textile material according to claim 13, wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the second intersection region. ### Claim 15 (depends on 6) The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is woven through the second tensile strand. ### Claim 16 (depends on 6) The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is spaced apart from the second tensile strand in the first intersection region and the second intersection region. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The article of footwear according to claim 17, wherein the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand are disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the intersection region. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The article of footwear according to claim 17, wherein the first tensile strand intersects the second tensile strand in at least two intersection regions. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The spacer textile material according to claim 17, wherein the first tensile strand is spaced apart from the second tensile strand in the intersection region.