	US 12,317,962 B2
	Three-dimensional printing of a traced element
Yoav Sterman, Portland, OR (US); and Todd A. Waatti, Battle Ground, WA (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/889,714.
Application 17/889,714 is a continuation of application No. 16/595,291, filed on Oct. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,425,961.
Application 16/595,291 is a continuation of application No. 15/409,341, filed on Jan. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,455,896, issued on Oct. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/280,203, filed on Jan. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0395052 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 7/08 (2022.01); A43C 1/04 (2006.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01)

CPC A43B 7/085 (2013.01) [A43B 23/0215 (2013.01); A43B 23/0225 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); A43B 23/026 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); A43B 23/028 (2013.01); A43C 1/04 (2013.01); B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29D 35/126 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29L 2031/50 (2013.01)]

14 Claims

1. An upper for an article of footwear comprising:

a textile strand disposed along a strand-trace path and defining one or more textile strand segments with one or more covered portions and one or more exposed portions; and

a first polymer layer printed along a first polymer-trace path that is different from the strand-trace path,

wherein the strand-trace path and the first polymer-trace path intersect at a plurality of overlapping positions along the upper,

wherein at one or more of the plurality of overlapping positions the first polymer layer is printed on, and bonded to, the one or more textile strand segments, and

wherein at the plurality of overlapping positions the first polymer-trace path intersects with the strand-trace path at an angle to define the covered portions of the one or more strand segments.