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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Erwin Friedrich Saur, Schwabach-Wolkersdorf, DE;
Joerg Knappworst, Oberasbach, DE;
Inventors:
Erwin Friedrich Saur, Schwabach-Wolkersdorf, DE;
Joerg Knappworst, Oberasbach, DE;
Assignee:
adidas International Marketing B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reinforcing element for an article of clothing includes at least one elongate element and a plurality of raised bodies aligned substantially longitudinally and integrally formed with the elongate element. The bodies define slits therebetween to allow bending of the reinforcing element in a first direction and prevent bending of the reinforcing element in a second direction by a blocking contact of the bodies.