Article of footwear having a textile upper
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBhupesh Dua, Edward Nathaniel Thomas
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Abstract
An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void for receiving a foot. The textile element may also have a first area and a second area with a unitary construction. The first area is formed of a first stitch configuration, and the second area is formed of a second stitch configuration that is different from the first stitch configuration to impart varying textures to a surface of the textile element. Various warp knitting or weft knitting processes may be utilized to form the textile element.
Claims14
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising steps of:
- mechanically-manipulating a yarn with a circular knitting machine to form a cylindrical textile structure;
- removing at least one textile element from the textile structure;
- incorporating the textile element into an upper of the article of footwear.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising steps of:
- mechanically-manipulating a yarn with a wide-tube circular knitting machine to form a textile structure having an outline of at least one textile element;
- removing the textile element from the textile structure;
- incorporating the textile element into an upper of the article of footwear.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising steps of:
- mechanically-manipulating a yarn with a jacquard double needle-bar raschel knitting machine to form a textile structure having an outline of at least one textile element;
- removing the textile element from the textile structure;
- incorporating the textile element into an upper of the article of footwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.