Knitted component for an article of footwear with two or more material compositions
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsStacy M. Stein, Martin Vasilevski
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Abstract
A knitted component for an article of footwear may have an overfoot portion and an underfoot portion, a first yarn, where the first yarn at least partially forms the overfoot portion and at least partially forms the underfoot portion, and a second yarn, where the second yarn at least partially forms the overfoot portion and at least partially forms the underfoot portion. The first yarn may include a first material composition with a first melting point and the second yarn may include a second material composition with a second melting point. The first melting point may be at least 20 degrees Celsius higher than the second melting point.
Claims20
A knitted component for an article of footwear, the knitted component comprising:
- an overfoot portion having a fused area that is at least partially formed by a first yarn having a first thermoplastic material and a second yarn having a second thermoplastic material;
- the first thermoplastic material having a first melting point, and the second thermoplastic material having a second melting point that is at least 20 degrees Celsius greater than the first melting point.
An article of footwear comprising:
- a knitted component comprising an overfoot portion having a fused area that is at least partially formed by a first yarn having a first thermoplastic material and a second yarn having a second thermoplastic material;
- the first thermoplastic material having a first melting point, and the second thermoplastic material having a second melting point that is at least 20 degrees Celsius greater than the first melting point.
An article of footwear comprising:
- an overfoot portion and an underfoot portion;
- a knitted component comprising a fused area forming at least part of the overfoot portion and the underfoot portion, the fused area being formed by at least a first yarn having a first thermoplastic material and a second yarn having a second thermoplastic material;
- the first thermoplastic material having a first melting point, and the second thermoplastic material having a second melting point that is at least 20 degrees Celsius greater than the first melting point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.