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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2020
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Jessica Green, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Chun-Ying Hsu, Tainan, TW;
Jaroslav J. Lupinek, Portland, OR (US);
Darryl Matthews, Portland, OR (US);
William C. McFarland, II, Portland, OR (US);
Chun-Yao Tu, Changhua County, TW;
Yi-Ning Yang, Beaverton, OR (US);
Cheng-Ying Han, Kaohsiung, TW;
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An upper for an article of footwear may include a knitted component having a first region located adjacent to an outer edge of the upper, where the first region of the knitted component includes an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface may include a fused area formed with a thermoformed thermoplastic material included with a first yarn. The inner surface may be at least partially formed with the second yarn and may substantially exclude the thermoplastic material.