US 12,134,843 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 Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/516,300.
Application 18/516,300 is a continuation of application No. 17/733,222, filed on Apr. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,866,861.
Application 17/733,222 is a continuation of application No. 16/889,262, filed on Jun. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,346,026, issued on May 31, 2022.
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. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/301,436, filed on Feb. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084487 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. D04B 1/24 (2006.01); A43B 1/04 (2022.01); D04B 1/16 (2006.01)
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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear having an upper comprising:
a knitted component forming at least a heel region of the upper and having a first yarn and a second yarn,
wherein the first yarn comprises a thermoplastic material having a first melting temperature,
wherein the second yarn comprises a material that has a higher melting temperature than the thermoplastic material of the first yarn,
wherein the knitted component further comprises a first layer having a first surface and a second layer having a second surface, the first layer and the second layer are secured via a knit structure of the knitted component,
wherein the knitted component further comprises a first fused area comprising the thermoplastic material formed by thermoforming the first yarn in the first layer in a first region, and a second fused area comprising the thermoplastic material formed by thermoforming the first yarn in the first layer in a second region, wherein the second fused area is a transition area including a reduced amount of the thermoplastic material relative to the first fused area.