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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Lia Uesato, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 1/22 (2006.01); A43C 1/04 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 1/04 (2006.01); A43B 7/06 (2006.01); A43B 7/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 1/22 (2013.01); A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A43B 7/06 (2013.01); A43B 7/34 (2013.01); A43B 23/0205 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); A43C 1/04 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0311 (2013.01); D10B 2501/062 (2013.01);
Abstract
An article of footwear includes an upper incorporating a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction. The knitted component includes a curved lacing element formed by incorporating shortened knit courses relative to lace apertures along the lacing structure. After knitting, the knitted component may be steamed to create offset lace apertures as well as alternating convex and concave curves along the lacing element. The curved lacing element of the knitted component may be configured to distribute tension applied by a lace on the knitted component when the article of footwear is worn during a sport or athletic activity.