US 2026/0125833 A1Published application

Knit textile with zonal properties

AssigneeNIKE, Inc.

InventorsAlexandra Gully, Jolynn J. Salyards, Lawrence Yun, Kamran Daneshvar, Huayu Fang, LiChun Huang, Yishu Lai

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Abstract

Aspects herein are directed to a knit textile that has zonal properties based on the use of different knit constructions at different areas of the knit textile. The different knit constructions create, for example, knitted rib structures that extend in a z-direction with respect to an x, y plane of the knit textile. The knitted rib structures may have varying heights in the z-direction of the knit textile as the knitted rib structures extend in a course-wise direction and/or may alternatively extend in a positive and negative wale-wise direction of the knit textile to create a wave form. In example aspects, the different knit constructions may be used to create zonal stretch properties, and zonal visual properties.

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Dependent claims

An article of apparel comprising:

a knit textile having a first knit construction comprising:
a first knitted rib portion comprising:
a first knit course, and
a second knit course coupled to the first knit course via a first set of held stitches that span a first set of intermediary knit courses positioned between the first knit course and the second knit course;
and
a second knitted rib portion comprising:
a third knit course that is offset from the first knit course in a knitting direction, and
a fourth knit course that is offset from the second knit course in the knitting direction, the fourth knit course coupled to the third knit course via a second set of held stitches that span a second set of intermediary knit courses positioned between the third knit course and the fourth knit course, wherein the first set of intermediary knit courses and the second set of intermediary knit courses share at least one common knit course,
wherein the first knitted rib portion and the second knitted rib portion together form a knitted rib structure of a plurality of knitted rib structures, the knitted rib structure comprising:
a first wave period;
and
a second wave period,
wherein the second wave period is greater than the first wave period.

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