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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2019
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth T. Craig, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/04 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/04 (2006.01); A43B 23/26 (2006.01); A43B 23/07 (2006.01); D04B 1/26 (2006.01); D04B 1/10 (2006.01); A43C 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/07 (2013.01); A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A43B 23/02 (2013.01); A43B 23/021 (2013.01); A43B 23/024 (2013.01); A43B 23/026 (2013.01); A43B 23/0215 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43B 23/04 (2013.01); A43B 23/042 (2013.01); A43B 23/26 (2013.01); A43C 1/04 (2013.01); D04B 1/104 (2013.01); D04B 1/106 (2013.01); D04B 1/26 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0113 (2013.01); D10B 2403/021 (2013.01); D10B 2403/023 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
An upper for an article of footwear may be at least partially formed with a knitted component. The knitted component may include a sock portion and a tongue portion, the sock portion having a hollow structure and a toe area, the hollow structure (a) forming an ankle opening in a heel region of the footwear and (b) extending between the heel region and a forefoot region of the footwear to define a void within the footwear for receiving a foot. The tongue portion may have an elongate configuration (a) located in at least a portion of a length of a throat area of the upper and (b) including at least two knit layers that are coextensive.