Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Footwear upper incorporating a knitted component with sock and tongue portions
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Application No.: US15293829Application Date: 2016-10-14
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Publication No.: US10561200B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Kenneth T. Craig
- Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: A43B1/04
- IPC: A43B1/04 ; A43B23/02 ; A43B23/04 ; A43B23/07 ; D04B1/26 ; A43C1/04

Abstract:
An article of footwear may include a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction. The knitted component includes a sock portion and a tongue portion. The sock portion has a hollow structure (a) forming an ankle opening in a heel region of the footwear and (b) extending between the heel region and a forefoot region of the footwear to define a void within the footwear for receiving a foot. The tongue portion has an elongate configuration (a) extending through at least a portion of a length of a throat area of the upper and (b) including two knit layers that lay adjacent to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170027284A1 Footwear Upper Incorporating A Knitted Component With Sock And Tongue Portions Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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