Spacer textile material with tensile strands that intersect

• US 9,241,537 B2
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Beye, Douglas A., Follet, Lysandre
• Primary Examiner(s): JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH
• Application Number:
  US13/741,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20140196315A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: 442/239, 442/240, 442242-244, 442/246, 442/255, 442/305, 442/306, 442/312, 442/313, 442/314, 428/102, 428/103, 428/105, 428/107, 428/109, 428/110, 428/111, 428/114, 428/122, 428/123, 428/190
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0205 characterised by the material material of the lining A43B23/07, material of toe stiffeners or heel stiffeners A43B23/08
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0235 Different layers of different material
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0245 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/025 assembled by stitching
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0255 assembled by gluing or thermo bonding
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 1/04 with rings or loops
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/22 specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/20 specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/021 Lofty fabric with equidistantly spaced front and back plies, e.g. spacer fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/02412 including several arrays of unbent yarn, e.g. multiaxial fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2501/043 Footwear
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24174 including sheet or component perpendicular to plane of web or sheet

Abstract

A spacer textile material has at least a portion of multiple tensile strands located between a first layer and a second layer of the spacer textile material where the first layer and second layer have been joined together to form channels in which the tensile strands move freely. In one or more locations, a first tensile strand and a second tensile overlap at an intersection region. Further, the spacer textile material may be incorporated into an article of footwear.

Claims

1. A spacer textile material comprising:

a first layer;

a second layer;

a plurality of connecting members extending between and joining the first layer and the second layer;

a first tensile strand and a second tensile strand;

a first channel including a first channel portion and a second channel portion;

a second channel including a third channel portion and a fourth channel portion;

the first channel portion bounded by a first plurality of welds, the first plurality of welds including portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;

the second channel portion bounded by a second plurality of welds, the second plurality of welds including portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;

wherein a portion of the first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first channel;

wherein a portion of the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the second channel; and

wherein the first tensile strand intersects the second tensile strand at an intersection region, the intersection region defined by the first plurality of welds and the second plurality of welds.

2. The spacer textile material according to claim 1, wherein the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand are disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the intersection region.

3. The spacer textile material according to claim 2, wherein the first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the intersection region and wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the intersection region.

4. The spacer textile material according to claim 1, wherein the intersection region is associated with a connecting portion that joins the first channel and the second channel.

5. The spacer textile according to claim 2, wherein the first tensile strand contacts the second tensile strand in the intersection region.

6. A spacer textile material comprising:

a first layer;

a second layer;

a plurality of connecting members extending between and joining the first layer and the second layer;

a first tensile strand and a second tensile strand;

a first channel bounded by portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;

a second channel bounded by portions of the first layer and the second layer that are in direct contact;

wherein a portion of the first tensile strand is disposed in the first channel and wherein a portion of the second tensile strand is disposed in the second channel; and

wherein the first tensile strand intersects the second tensile strand at a first intersection region and a second intersection region that is spaced apart from the first intersection region, wherein a first intermediate portion of the first tensile strand exits from an outer face of the first layer at a first opening and enters the outer face of the first layer at a second opening.

7. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region and in the second intersection region.

8. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region and the second intersection region, and wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the first intersection region and the second intersection region.

9. The spacer textile material according to claim 8, wherein the first intermediate portion of the first tensile strand extends along the outer face of the first layer between the first opening and the second opening, and wherein the first intermediate portion extends through the first intersection region and the second intersection region.

10. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region and the second intersection region, and wherein a second intermediate portion of the first tensile strand is disposed outwardly of the spacer textile material in the second intersection region.

11. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein a third intermediate portion of the second tensile strand is disposed outwardly of the spacer textile material in the second intersection region.

12. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the second intersection region and wherein the second tensile strand is disposed between the first layer and the second layer in the first intersection region.

13. The spacer textile material according to claim 12, wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the first intersection region.

14. The spacer textile material according to claim 13, wherein the first layer is disposed between the first tensile strand and the second tensile strand in the second intersection region.

15. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is woven through the second tensile strand.

16. The spacer textile material according to claim 6, wherein the first tensile strand is spaced apart from the second tensile strand in the first intersection region and the second intersection region.