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Method of knitting a gusseted tongue for a knitted component

  • US 8,973,410 B1
  • Filed: 02/03/2014
  • Issued: 03/10/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A knitted component for an article of footwear, the knitted component comprising:

  • a knit element defining an upper of the article of footwear, the upper including a portion of an exterior surface of the knit element and an opposite interior surface of the knit element, the interior surface configured to define a void for receiving a foot;

    a gusseted tongue formed of unitary knit construction with the knit element and extending through a portion of an instep area of the upper;

    the knit element including a lateral inner edge and an opposite medial inner edge extending through the portion of the instep area of the upper, the lateral inner edge and the medial inner edge being spaced apart by a gap;

    wherein at least a portion of the knit element including the lateral inner edge and the medial inner edge overlaps a lateral side edge and a medial side edge of the gusseted tongue along opposite sides of the instep area, the lateral side edge and the medial side edge remaining unsecured to the knit element from a top end of the gusseted tongue to a forward portion of the instep area of the upper;

    wherein the gusseted tongue is joined to the knit element at the forward portion of the instep area across a width of the gusseted tongue; and

    wherein the lateral side edge and the medial side edge of the gusseted tongue are secured to the knit element along the forward portion of the instep area of the upper so as to form the knitted component as a one-piece element.

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