KNITTED SHOE COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A knitted shoe component comprising:
- a toe portion;
a first wing portion extending from the toe portion and knittingly joined to the toe portion;
a second wing portion extending from the toe portion and knittingly joined to the toe portion; and
a heel portion,wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion are knittingly joined to one another at the heel portion.
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Abstract
In one aspect, methods of making a knitted shoe component are described herein. In some embodiments, a method comprises knitting one or more fibers to form a toe portion; knitting one or more fibers to form a first wing portion; and knitting one or more fibers to form a second wing portion. The first and second wing portions extend from the toe portion and are knittingly connected to the toe portion. The method further comprises reducing the lateral separation between the first and second wing portions from an initial separation distance to a knitting separation distance such that the wing portions can be knitted together to form a seamless heel portion of the shoe component, including using a series of stitch transfer, racking, and knitting steps.
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20 Claims
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1. A knitted shoe component comprising:
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a toe portion; a first wing portion extending from the toe portion and knittingly joined to the toe portion; a second wing portion extending from the toe portion and knittingly joined to the toe portion; and a heel portion, wherein the first wing portion and the second wing portion are knittingly joined to one another at the heel portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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