Articles of footwear comprising a wound component and methods of making the same
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsFionn CORCORAN-TADD, Ian HENNEBERY, Carl ARNESE, Matteo PADOVANI
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Abstract
Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. In some embodiments, thread lines of continuous thread(s) may extend tangential to an opening on a thread pattern or an upper. In some embodiments, thread lines of continuous thread(s) may define a portion of an upper and extend through a sole for an article of footwear. In some embodiments, thread patterns defined by the continuous thread(s) may be bonded to each other around a sheet to form an upper material for an upper.
Claims22
An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
- an opening comprising a perimeter edge;
- a plurality of anchor points disposed around the perimeter edge;
- and
- a continuous thread wound around the plurality of anchor points, the continuous thread comprising a plurality of thread lines with each thread line extending between two respective anchor points and extending tangential to the perimeter edge of the opening.
An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
- an opening comprising a perimeter edge;
- and
- a thread pattern defining at least a portion of the perimeter edge of the opening, the thread pattern comprising a first thread line extending tangential to the perimeter edge of the opening and a second thread line extending tangential to the perimeter edge of the opening,
- wherein the first thread line and the second thread line overlap each other at an overlap point, and
- wherein the first thread line and the second thread line are directly bonded to each other at the overlap point.
20-44. (canceled)
A method of making an upper for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- defining a plurality of anchor points;
- defining a boundary line;
- winding a continuous thread around the plurality of anchor points, the continuous thread comprising a set of thread lines with each thread line in the set extending between two respective anchor points and tangential to the boundary line;
- and
- bonding the continuous thread at points of intersection between two or more the thread lines.
46-88. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.