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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2022
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Adrian Meir, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/04 (2022.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); D04B 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A43B 1/0018 (2013.01); A43B 23/0205 (2013.01); A43B 23/027 (2013.01); D04B 1/102 (2013.01); D10B 2403/033 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
A knitted tongue for an article of footwear may include a ridge structure and a channel structure. The ridge structure is biased to curl about a first axis in a first direction toward a compacted position. The channel structure is biased to curl about a second axis in a second direction toward a compacted position. The first direction is opposite the second direction.