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Method of making knit footwear having an integral footbed

  • US 10,327,498 B2
  • Filed: 07/13/2017
  • Issued: 06/25/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of making a footwear upper comprising:

  • providing a knitted element from a plurality of strands of material so that the knitted element forms a first sock portion and a second sock portion joined with one another at an intermediate portion with the second sock portion being knit in an inside-out configuration, the second sock portion including a second opening adjacent a second toe portion of the second sock portion;

    placing a footbed adjacent a first lower panel of the first sock portion;

    folding the second sock portion relative to the intermediate portion so that the second sock portion acquires a right-side out configuration;

    moving the second sock portion in the right-side out configuration adjacent the first sock portion; and

    entrapping the footbed in a footbed void formed between the first lower panel of the first sock portion and a second lower panel of the second sock portion so that the footbed cannot be removed without destroying at least one of the first sock portion and the second sock portion;

    whereby the footbed is sandwiched between underfoot knitted layers of the first sock portion and the second sock portion so as to form a completed footwear upper having underfoot padding concealed within the footwear upper.

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