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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:
Aug. 30, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Robert M. Bruce, Portland, OR (US);
Eun Kyung Lee, Beaverton, OR (US);
James Y. Yoo, Portland, OR (US);
Chikao Ichikawa, Gunma, JP;
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/04 (2022.01); A43B 1/14 (2006.01); D04C 1/06 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); D04C 1/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/04 (2006.01); D04C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/14 (2013.01); A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A43B 23/0205 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); A43B 23/04 (2013.01); A43B 23/042 (2013.01); A43B 23/045 (2013.01); D04C 1/02 (2013.01); D04C 1/06 (2013.01); D04C 3/00 (2013.01); D10B 2331/02 (2013.01); D10B 2331/10 (2013.01); D10B 2331/30 (2013.01); D10B 2401/061 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to braided articles and methods for their manufacture. The braided articles may include articles of footwear having braided uppers. The article of footwear may comprise a sole and a braided upper comprising a toe portion having a toe seam, a heel portion comprising a seamless braided structure, and a throat portion. The toe portion may comprise a base yarn. The throat portion may comprise a stretch yarn. Additionally, the heel portion may comprise both the stretch yarn and the base yarn.