Patent ID: 11864627
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A  D

Claim 0:
1. An article of footwear comprising:
a sole structure; and
an upper connected to the sole structure to form an enclosure to at least partially receive a foot, the upper comprising:
a first panel forming a first portion of the upper and having a first texture which has low portions and high portions;
a second panel forming a second portion of the upper and having a second texture; and
an embroidery area extending across portions of the first panel and the second panel and having a three-dimensional texture that replicates the first texture extending into the second texture;
wherein the first panel and the second panel are structurally joined by first and second threads of embroidery included in the embroidery area,
wherein the first threads are positioned directly against major surfaces of the first panel and the second panel, and
wherein strands of the first threads extend through the first panel and the second panel and provide a first layer of embroidery that protrudes beyond the surfaces of the first and second panels,
wherein the second threads are positioned directly against the first threads along the major surfaces of the fist panel and the second panel, and
wherein strands of the second threads extend through the first panel and the second panel and provide a second layer of embroidery that extends beyond the surfaces of the first and second panels and the first threads,
wherein the strands of the second threads partially cover the surfaces of the first threads to provide the three-dimensional texture, and
wherein the first threads and the second threads are patterned to replicate the texturing of the low portions and the high portions of the first texture.