Sole system for an article of footwear incorporating a knitted component with a one-piece knit outsole

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9775401-B2
Application number	US-201514598406-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2015
Priority date	Jan 16, 2015
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

An article of footwear including a sole system, including an upper and the sole system. The sole system includes a knitted component incorporating a one-piece knit outsole. The knit outsole has a ground-facing side, a top side, and a ground-engaging cleat member protruding from the ground-facing side of the knit outsole. The upper is connected at its bottom to the top side of the knit outsole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of making a sole system for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
molding a one-piece knit outsole having a ground-facing side and a top side to form a ground-engaging cleat member, the ground-facing side having a bottom surface;
the ground-engaging cleat member protruding from the ground-facing side of the knit outsole,
wherein the ground-engaging cleat member is configured to penetrate into a ground surface adjacent to the sole system such that the bottom surface contacts the ground surface when the ground-engaging cleat member penetrates into the ground surface, wherein the one-piece knit outsole includes between 5 and 15 ground-engaging cleat members.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one-piece outsole comprises fusible yarn.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein one-piece knit outsole further comprises a first yarn and a second yarn.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ground-engaging cleat member is reinforced.

5. A method of making a sole system for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
knitting a one-piece knitted component;
the one-piece knitted component comprising a knit outsole;
the knit outsole having a top side and a ground-facing side; and
knitting between 5 and 15 ground-engaging cleat members on the ground-facing side of the knit outsole.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the one-piece knitted component comprises fusible yarn.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the knitted component further comprises a first yarn and a second yarn.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein at least one ground-engaging cleat member is reinforced.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the ground-engaging cleat members are configured to penetrate into a ground surface adjacent to the sole system.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Cross Tory M
• Podhajny Daniel A

Classifications

• D04B1/22

  specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration · CPC title

• A43B23/0245

  characterised by the constructive form · CPC title

• A43B13/02 Primary

  characterised by the material · CPC title

• A43C15/16

  Studs {or cleats} for football or like boots · CPC title

• D10B2501/043

  Footwear · CPC title