Knitted component with adjustable tensioning system
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorGagandeep Singh
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Abstract
An article of footwear may include one or more of the following: a knitted component, the knitted component including a plurality of courses; and at least one inlaid strand, where the at least one inlaid strand is inlaid within at least one course of the plurality of courses, and where the at least one inlaid strand includes an exposed portion, the exposed portion at least partially extending through a throat area of the article of footwear when the article of footwear is in a wearable state.
Claims20
A textile component for an article of footwear, the textile component comprising:
- a first textile portion;
- a second textile portion;
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- at least one strand that extends through a first plurality of pathways in the first textile portion and extends through a second plurality of pathways in the second textile portion, wherein a plurality of segments of the at least one strand extend across a gap between the first textile portion and the second textile portion, such that at least the plurality of segments connect the first textile portion and the second textile portion to each other, wherein the plurality of segments remain exposed at the gap.
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper, comprising:
- a textile component forming at least a portion of the upper, the textile component comprising:
- a first textile portion comprising a first plurality of pathways, the first textile portion located on a lateral side of the upper, wherein a first plurality of strand segments extend through the first plurality of pathways;
- a second textile portion comprising a second plurality of pathways, the second textile portion located on a medial side of the upper, wherein a second plurality of strand segments extend through the second plurality of pathways,
- a first strap separate from the first textile portion, wherein the first plurality of strand segments extend across a space between the first textile portion and the first strap and extend into and through the first strap;
- a second strap separate from the second textile portion, wherein the second plurality of strand segments extend across a space between the second textile portion and the second strap and extend into and through the second strap;
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- a sole structure attached to the upper.
A textile component for an article of footwear, comprising:
- a first textile portion comprising a first plurality of knit courses;
- a second textile portion comprising a second plurality of knit courses;
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- at least one inlaid strand that is inlaid within at least one knit course of the first textile portion and inlaid within at least one knit course of the second textile portion,
- wherein the first textile portion and the second textile portion are spaced apart from one another such that a gap is defined therebetween, and
- wherein a plurality of exposed segments of the at least one inlaid strand extend across the gap and remain exposed in the gap such that the plurality of exposed segments connect the first textile portion and the second textile portion to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.