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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2024
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Chaokun Huangfu, Portland, OR (US);
Seth M. Wiberg, Beaverton, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a reinforced knit channel for an upper configured to receive a lace. The knit channel includes a first knit layer and a second knit layer that at least partially overlaps the first knit layer and is interlooped with the first knit layer at a first interlooped area and a second interlooped area. A channel region is present between the first and second interlooped areas. A first portion of a tensile strand is integrated into the first knit layer in the channel region, and a second portion of the tensile strand extends over a surface of the first knit layer within the channel region. The tensile strand helps to reinforce openings into the channel region.