Patent ID: 11889896
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:
a first fabric layer;
a second fabric layer; and
a compressible material layer positioned between the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer,
wherein the upper comprises a plurality of cut portions of upper material formed by a plurality of separations cut into the first fabric layer and the compressible material layer while the second fabric layer remains intact to form a substrate for the plurality of cut portions, wherein the plurality of separations includes a first separation defined between a first edge of a first cut portion of the plurality of cut portions and a second edge of a second cut portion of the plurality of cut portions such that the first edge of the first cut portion and the second edge of the second cut portion form opposite walls of the first separation extending inward from an outer surface of the upper,
wherein the first edge of the first cut portion follows a first undulate pattern comprising a first plurality of repeating undulations forming a wavy, sinusoidal shape, wherein the second edge of the second cut portion follows a second undulate pattern that matches the first undulate pattern of the first edge and comprises a second plurality of repeating undulations forming a wavy, sinusoidal shape that match the first plurality of repeating undulations such that the first separation has an undulate pattern defined by the first undulate pattern of the first edge and the second undulate pattern of the second edge, and
wherein, in an unflexed configuration, the first edge of the first cut portion abuts the second edge of the second cut portion, and, in a flexed configuration, the first edge is separated from the second edge.