Footwear upper with unitary support frame
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsGeorge A. Xanthos, Katelyn Bruce
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Abstract
An article of footwear has an upper including a body and a unitary support frame attached to the body. A sole structure may be attached to and underlie the upper. The unitary support frame may support the body over the sole structure, and the body may define a foot-receiving cavity over the sole structure and an ankle opening in communication with the foot-receiving cavity. The unitary support frame may define a medial peak at a medial side of the article of footwear and a lateral peak at a lateral side of the article of footwear and may extend forwardly and downwardly from the medial peak and the lateral peak.
Claims20
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper including a body and a unitary support frame attached to the body;
- a sole structure attached to and underlying the upper;
- the unitary support frame supporting the body over the sole structure, and the body defining a foot-receiving cavity over the sole structure and an ankle opening in communication with the foot-receiving cavity;
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- the unitary support frame defining a medial peak at a medial side of the article of footwear and a lateral peak at a lateral side of the article of footwear, and extending forwardly and downwardly from the medial peak and from the lateral peak and around the ankle opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.