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US 2020/0196707 A1Published application
Article of footwear with composite upper
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsAlan Toronjo, Daniel Lee, Roger Fan
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes at least one panel comprised of a composite material. The composite material includes a plurality of layers that are secured together according to a predetermined embroidery stitching pattern. The panel includes a first layer having a maximum elongation in a length direction of the article of footwear, and a second layer having a maximum elongation in a width direction of the article of footwear. The composite material also includes additional layers coupled to the first layer and the second layer.
Claims1
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole defining a length direction and a width direction of the article of footwear;
- and
- an upper connected to the sole, the upper including at least one panel including a plurality of layers that are secured together according to a predetermined embroidery stitching pattern, the plurality of layers including a first layer having a maximum elongation in the length direction of the article of footwear, and a second layer having a maximum elongation in the width direction of the article of footwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.