US 12,392,060 B2
Auxetic article
Tom O'Haire, Nuremberg (DE); and Martha Rachel Glazzard, Nottingham (GB)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/364,524.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 208 218.9 (DE), filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0002917 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. D03D 17/00 (2006.01); D02G 3/32 (2006.01); D03D 13/00 (2006.01); D04B 1/14 (2006.01); D04B 1/18 (2006.01); D04B 1/22 (2006.01); D04B 21/18 (2006.01)
CPC D03D 17/00 (2013.01) [D02G 3/32 (2013.01); D03D 13/004 (2013.01); D04B 1/14 (2013.01); D04B 1/18 (2013.01); D04B 1/22 (2013.01); D04B 21/18 (2013.01); D10B 2501/02 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knitted textile for an article of apparel or footwear, comprising:
a first portion which is auxetic and has a first knit pattern of stitches formed in a first plurality of rows, the first portion defining a first textile area, wherein the first portion being auxetic is configured to stretch in a first direction and expand along a second direction essentially perpendicular to the first direction; and
a second portion which is non-auxetic and has a second knit pattern of stitches formed in a second plurality of rows, the second portion defining a second textile area, the second knit pattern of stitches being different than the first knit pattern of stitches,
wherein the second textile area is positioned adjacent the first textile area and is knitted to the first textile area to control stretch properties of the knitted textile.