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US 2018/0000188 A1Published application
Article of footwear having a textile upper
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBHUPESH DUA, EDWARD NATHANIEL THOMAS
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Abstract
An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. Various warp or weft knitting processes, including flat knitting, may be utilized to form the textile element.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
- a flat knit textile element having flat knit edges free of surrounding textile structure such that the flat knit edges are not surrounded by textile structure from which the textile element must be removed, the flat knit edges comprising a first longitudinal edge extending from a forefoot region of the flat knit textile element to a heel region of the flat knit textile element and a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge and extending from the forefoot region to the heel region,
- wherein the flat knit textile element comprises a distance extending over a surface of the flat knit textile element between the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge in the heel region, the distance being approximately twelve inches.
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper comprising a flat knit textile element having flat knit edges free of surrounding textile structure such that the flat knit edges are not surrounded by textile structure from which the textile element must be removed, the flat knit edges comprising a first longitudinal edge extending from a forefoot region of the flat knit textile element to a heel region of the flat knit textile element and a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge and extending from the forefoot region to the heel region, and
- a sole structure secured to the upper,
- wherein the flat knit textile element comprises a distance extending over a surface of the flat knit textile element between the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge in the heel region, the distance being approximately twelve inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.