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Article of Footwear Having Welded Upper

  • US 20130312284A1
  • Filed: 05/07/2013
  • Published: 11/28/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An article of footwear including a sole structure fixedly attached to an upper configured to receive a foot of a wearer, the upper comprising:

  • a skin layer forming at least a portion of an external surface of the upper; and

    a reinforcing material selectively located internal and adjacent to portions of the skin layer, thereby defining reinforced portions of the skin layer and unreinforced portions of the skin layer;

    wherein the reinforcing material is selectively joined with the skin layer at a bonded area by welding, the bonded area having an externally exposed surface that defines a portion of the external surface of the upper; and

    wherein the skin layer has a first color and the externally exposed surface of the bonded area has a second color that is different from the first color.

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