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Article of footwear having a textile upper

  • US 9,936,758 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2017
  • Issued: 04/10/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An upper for an article of footwear, the upper comprising:

  • a wide-tube circular-knitted textile element, the wide-tube circular-knitted textile element being removed from a wide-tube cylindrical textile structure having at least one outline for the wide-tube circular-knitted textile element, the outline defining at least a forefoot region and a heel region and having a longitudinal axis extending between the forefoot region and the heel region, wherein knit columns of the wide-tube circular-knitted textile element have a knitting direction parallel to the longitudinal axis between the forefoot region and the heel region;

    a non-textile element secured to a first portion of the wide-tube circular-knitted textile element forming a heel region of the upper; and

    a plurality of strips of non-textile material secured to a second portion of the wide-tube circular-knitted textile element on a lateral side of the upper, the strips of non-textile material being spaced apart and parallel to each other on the lateral side.

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