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Footwear structure with textile upper member

  • US 8,028,440 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2009
  • Issued: 10/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An article of footwear, comprising:

  • an upper member including a first textile element forming at least a major portion of an exterior surface of the upper member and a second textile element forming at least a major portion of an interior surface of the upper member, the first textile element joined to the second textile element in a stitchless manner at a foot-receiving opening of the upper member;

    the upper member further including a first opening independent of the foot-receiving opening, the first opening extending through the upper member from the exterior surface to the interior surface;

    a sole member engaged with the upper member;

    wherein the first opening is spaced apart from the foot-receiving opening and at an instep portion of the upper member between the foot-receiving opening and a forefoot portion of the upper member; and

    wherein the first opening is defined by a perimeter comprising a plurality of edges in the upper member, the plurality of edges including edges of the first textile element and edges of the second textile element joined together in a stitchless manner along the perimeter of the first opening.

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