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US 2023/0292884 A1Published application
Footwear upper including variable stitch density
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsJason Berns, Julian Ellis, Tom Luedecke, Thomas White
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Abstract
An article of footwear includes a sole and an upper at least partially formed of a textile element. The textile element includes a yarn matrix having a plurality of interlocked strands oriented in predetermined directions. A structural element may be captured within the matrix at selected locations. In operation, the matrix is stitched onto a temporary substrate. The substrate is removed and the article coupled to a sole structure to form the article of footwear.
Claims15
(canceled)
An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
- a textile structure including a plurality of yarn rows, each yarn row of the plurality of yarn rows including a first strand aligned with a second strand, the first and second strands being interlocked via stitches disposed at selected locations along a length of the yarn row, wherein:
- a plurality of first yarn rows aligned in a first direction intersect with a plurality of second yarn rows aligned in a second direction that differs from the first direction to define a grid pattern of intersecting first and second yarn rows;
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- a third yarn row is disposed over and connected with the grid pattern defined by intersecting first and second yarn rows, wherein the third yarn row extends in a third direction that is transverse each of the first direction and the second direction.
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An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
- a textile structure comprising an embroidered grid pattern formed of a plurality of first strands intersecting with a plurality of second strands, the first strands extending in a first direction, and the second strands extending in a second direction that is transverse the first direction;
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- a plurality of third strands embroidered with the embroidered grid pattern and overlying the first and second strands, wherein the third strands extend transverse each of the first direction and the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.