US 11,866,861 B2
Knitted component with a fused area
Jessica Green, Hillsboro, OR (US); Chun-Ying Hsu, Tainan (TW); Jaroslav J. Lupinek, Portland, OR (US); Darryl Matthews, Portland, OR (US); William C. McFarland, II, Portland, OR (US); Chun-Yao Tu, Changhua County (TW); Yi-Ning Yang, Beaverton, OR (US); and Cheng-Ying Han, Kaohsiung (TW)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/733,222.
Application 17/733,222 is a continuation of application No. 16/889,262, filed on Jun. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,346,026.
Application 16/889,262 is a continuation of application No. 15/443,808, filed on Feb. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,669,656, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/301,436, filed on Feb. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259780 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D04B 1/24 (2006.01); D04B 1/16 (2006.01); A43B 1/04 (2022.01)
CPC D04B 1/24 (2013.01) [A43B 1/04 (2013.01); D04B 1/16 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0114 (2013.01); D10B 2403/023 (2013.01); D10B 2403/032 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01); D10B 2501/061 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knitted component comprising:
a first layer comprising a first surface of the knitted component and a second layer comprising a second surface of the knitted component, the first layer and the second layer being secured together via a knit structure;
a first region comprising first portions of the first layer and the second layer;
a second region comprising second portions of the first layer and the second layer, the first region being located adjacent to a perimeter edge of the knitted component and positioned between the perimeter edge and the second region; and
a first yarn comprising a first thermoplastic polymer material having a first melting temperature and a second yarn comprising a material that has a second temperature that is higher than the first melting temperature, the second temperature being one of a melting temperature or a decomposition temperature,
wherein, in the first region, the first surface is substantially formed by the first yarn and the second surface is substantially formed by the second yarn, and
wherein, in the second region, at least the first surface substantially excludes the first yarn.