US 12,458,099 B2
Knitted component with inserted elements
Adrian Meir, Portland, OR (US); and James Molyneux, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/648,927.
Application 18/648,927 is a division of application No. 16/899,924, filed on Jun. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,969,047.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/863,660, filed on Jun. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0277102 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 1/04 (2022.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43C 11/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 1/04 (2013.01) [A43B 23/024 (2013.01); A43C 11/008 (2013.01); A43C 11/165 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
a knitted component at least partially forming an upper for the article of footwear,
wherein the knitted component comprises a first knit layer and a second knit layer, the first knit layer being separable from the second knit layer such that a pocket is located between the first knit layer and the second knit layer, wherein at least a portion of the pocket comprises a tubular structure defined by the first knit layer and the second knit layer, and wherein the first knit layer is secured to the second knit layer via a knit course extending along an edge of the tubular structure;
a cable located at least partially within the pocket;
a first cable guide located at least partially within the pocket, and
a second cable guide and a third cable guide, wherein the cable extends in a serpentine pattern from the first cable guide, to the second cable guide, and to the third cable guide, and wherein the serpentine pattern of the cable is retained between the first knit layer and the second knit layer of the knitted component, wherein each of the first cable guide, the second cable guide and the third cable guide are located on one of a medial side or a lateral side of a throat area of the article of footwear,
wherein the first cable guide includes at least one curved surface for contacting the cable, and
wherein the cable extends around the at least one curved surface such that the cable changes directions within the pocket.