Patent ID: 11939709
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  A  B | IPC A  B  D

Claim 13:
14. A article of footwear comprising:
an integrally connected upper and outsole, comprising a knit textile including;
a first re-flowed material, wherein the first re-flowed material is a melted and re-solidified product of a first yarn, and wherein the first re-flowed material comprises a low processing temperature polymeric composition, the low processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more first thermoplastic polymers; and
a second yarn comprising a high processing temperature polymeric composition, the high processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more second thermoplastic polymers, wherein the high processing temperature polymeric composition exhibits at least one of: (1) a creep relaxation temperature Tcr; (2) a heat deflection temperature Thd; or (3) a Vicat softening temperature Tvs that is greater than the melting temperature Tm of the low processing temperature polymeric composition;
wherein, on an outer surface of the knit textile, at least a portion of the second yarn is present in at least a first course of loops and a second course of loops, wherein at least a portion of the first course of loops of the second yarn and at least a portion of the second course of loops of the second yarn are connected by at least a portion of the first re-flowed material, and the knit article includes a) a textile zone comprises the first reflowed material, b) the flexible a textile zone comprises the second yarn, and c) each of the two or more transition subzones individually comprises the first reflowed material and the second yarn;
wherein, on the outer surface of the textile, the textile zones are positioned with a first side of c) on a side of the a) and an opposing second side of c) positioned on a side of b), such that c) is positioned between a) and b);
wherein a) includes an increased concentration of the first re-flowed material as compared to b) and as compared to the each of the two or more transition subzones, the each of the two or more transition subzones individually include increased concentrations of the first re-flowed material as compared to b), and b) includes an increased concentration of the second yarn as compared to a) and as compared to the each of the two or more transition subzones; and
wherein there is a different concentration of first yarn and second yarn in each of the zones and subzones and before the phrase on line 37 wherein a)
wherein a) is ground facing.