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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Karl Seamarks, Portland, OR (US);
Phil Woodman, Treviso, IT;
Benjamin A. Shaffer, Saratoga, CA (US);
Erin E. Toraya, Portland, OR (US);
Simon J. Baines, Beaverton, OR (US);
Alexandre Baudouin, Portland, OR (US);
James Molyneux, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, INC., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a knitted component and, in some configurations, a skin layer secured to the knitted component. The knitted component may have a plurality of protruding areas that extend outward and away from a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer. The protruding areas may include one or both of (a) a first tubular structure and an inlaid strand extending through the first tubular structure and (b) a second tubular structure and yarn sections extending across the second tubular structure.