Simon J Baines

US Patent:

20140245636, Sep 4, 2014

Filed:

May 9, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/273582

Inventors:

- Beaverton OR, US
Phil Woodman - Treviso, IT
Daniel A. Podhajny - Beaverton OR, US
Simon John Baines - Beaverton OR, US
James Molyneux - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

NIKE, INC. - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

A43B 1/04
A43B 23/02

US Classification:

36 84

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.

US Patent:

20140245638, Sep 4, 2014

Filed:

May 9, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/273709

Inventors:

- Beaverton OR, US
Phil Woodman - Treviso, IT
Benjamin A. Shaffer - Saratoga, CA
Erin E. Toraya - Portland OR, US
Simon J. Baines - Beaverton OR, US
Alexandre Baudouin - Portland OR, US
James Molyneux - Portland OR, US

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc. - Beaverton OR

International Classification:

A43B 1/04
A43B 23/02

US Classification:

36 84

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.