Articles of footwear with uppers comprising a wound component and methods of making the same

US10874172B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• adidas AG · DE

Inventors

• Fionn CORCORAN-TADD · Portland, US
• Benjamin William Kleiman · Portland, US
• Ian James HENNEBERY · Portland, US
• Keith Paul Thompson · Cambridge, GB
• Peter David Cauwood · Cambridge, GB
• Peter Georg Laitenberger · Cambridge, GB
• Sam Jackson Conklin · Portland, US
• Luke Lowrey · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 4, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 29, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 15, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D10B2501/043
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. The winding of the one or more continuous threads forms a thread pattern that imparts desired characteristics to components of the article of footwear. Thread lines of the thread pattern may be bonded together. In some embodiments, thread lines may be bonded with a bonding layer.