Patent ID: 11944159
Assignee: LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. An upper for an article of footwear, comprising:
a three-dimensional engineered textile, including an inner section, an outer section, and an intermediate section disposed between the inner section and the outer section along a Z-axis that extends through a thickness of the three-dimensional engineered textile;
wherein the intermediate section is attached to the inner section on one side and the outer section on an opposite side;
the intermediate section extending through at least a forefoot region of the upper;
wherein the intermediate section comprises at least a first curving portion and a second curving portion arranged adjacent to each other so that the first curving portion is spaced apart from the second curving portion by a gap;
wherein the first curving portion comprises a first closed loop and the second curving portion comprises a second closed loop, the first closed loop and the second closed loop arranged in a nested configuration such that the first closed loop is spaced apart from the second closed loop by the gap and the second closed loop is contained within an area enclosed and bounded by the first closed loop; and
wherein air is configured to flow from an interior of the upper to an exterior of the upper through the gap between the first curving portion and the second curving portion in the forefoot region of the upper.