Patent ID: 9320312
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A41D,A43B,B32B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An upper for an article of footwear, the upper having a bonded mesh composite panel comprising: (a) a substrate layer; (b) a mesh layer overlapping the substrate layer in a mesh/substrate overlap area that does not overlap the entire substrate layer; and (c) a skin layer overlapping both the mesh and substrate layers in a skin/mesh/substrate overlap area, and (d) a bonding agent that is selectively disposed (i) between the mesh and substrate layers, in the mesh/substrate overlap area, but disposed over only a subset of the mesh/substrate overlap area or (ii) between the mesh and skin layers, in the skin/mesh/substrate overlap area, but disposed over only a subset of the skin/mesh/substrate overlap area.