Hybrid braided article

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10743618-B2
Application number	US-201815903542-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2018
Priority date	May 26, 2015
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

An upper for an article of footwear is formed by incorporating different braided portions. The upper may be formed by incorporating a first braided portion with a second braided portion. The top portion of the upper may have the first braided portion. The lower portion of the upper may have the second braided portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of making an article of footwear, comprising:
providing a set of spools configured with a set of tensile elements;
providing a braiding machine having a first section and a second section;
wherein the braiding machine is configured with the set of spools;
passing a last through a braiding point, the braiding point being a region where the set of tensile elements converge, thereby forming a seamless braided structure on the last;
moving the set of spools through the first section to form a first braid portion of the seamless braided structure;
moving the set of spools through the second section to form a second braid portion of the seamless braided structure;
wherein a set of rotor gears move the set of spools in a Jacquard motion in the first section; and
wherein the set of rotor gears move the set of spools in a Non-Jacquard motion in the second section.

2. The method of claim 1 , further including forming a Jacquard braid pattern in the first braid portion.

3. The method of claim 2 , further including forming a Non-Jacquard braid pattern in the second braid portion.

4. The method of claim 2 , further including forming the first braid portion with a first texture and a second texture, and wherein the first texture is different than the second texture.

5. The method of claim 1 , further including forming a finished edge in the first braid portion.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Bruce Robert M
• Lee Eunice Kyung
• Sills Craig K

Classifications

• D10B2401/10

  porous · CPC title

• D04C3/40

  for making tubular braids by circulating strand supplies around braiding centre at equal distances · CPC title

• D04C3/48

  Auxiliary devices · CPC title

• D04C1/08

  Tulle fabrics · CPC title

• A43B23/0245 Primary

  characterised by the constructive form · CPC title