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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Allbirds, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Jamie McLellan, Sausalito, CA (US);
Thomas Jad Finck, San Francisco, CA (US);
Lisa Halbower-Fenton, Scituate, MA (US);
James Romero, San Francisco, CA (US);
Uidong Cho, Busan, KR;
Joseph Zwillinger, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Timothy Brown, San Francisco, CA (US);
ALLBIRDS, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes multiple regions having different textile properties to improve the performance of the shoe, including durability and comfort. In some cases, the multi-region upper portion may include regions having different thickness and/or flexibility based on a location relative to a wearer's foot to better support the wearer's foot. For example, the multi-region upper portion may include a reinforcement region having a first thickness and a flex region having a second thickness less than the first thickness. As another example, the multi-region upper portion may include a reinforcement region having a first stiffness and a flex region having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.