US 11,771,171 B2
Composite plate for an article of footwear
Aaron Bartel, Beaverton, OR (US); Sam Lacey, Portland, OR (US); and Christian Alexander Steinbeck, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/239,445.
Application 17/239,445 is a continuation of application No. 16/254,975, filed on Jan. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,986,892, issued on Apr. 27, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/621,193, filed on Jan. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0235812 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 13/02 (2022.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43C 15/16 (2006.01); A43C 15/02 (2006.01); B29C 70/22 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01); A43B 13/26 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 13/026 (2013.01) [A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/12 (2013.01); A43B 13/186 (2013.01); A43B 13/26 (2013.01); A43C 15/02 (2013.01); A43C 15/16 (2013.01); B29C 70/226 (2013.01); B29D 35/0054 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming a plate for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
forming a stitched article including:
providing a substrate with a first region and a second region; and
attaching a first strand portion formed from a first bundle of fibers to the substrate in the first region and in the second region via a series of stitches formed with a first thread by crossing the stitches over the first strand portion and penetrating the substrate at first attachment locations that are spaced apart from the first strand portion to form a first layer on the substrate, the stitched article having a first concentration of the stitches in the first region along a first length of the first strand portion and a second concentration of the stitches different than the first concentration in the second region along a second length of the first strand portion.