KNITTED MEMBER FOR AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:EP3646746A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-06

    申请号:EP19217337.5

    申请日:2016-06-15

    IPC分类号: A43B1/04 A43B23/02 A43B23/04

    摘要: An article of footwear comprising: a sole structure; and an upper that includes an expandable warp knit element, the warp knit element formed of unitary knit construction, the warp knit element defining a warp direction and a weft direction, the warp knit element expanded to an expanded position from a contracted position to at least partially define the upper, the warp knit element including a plurality of strap members that are configured to be substantially non-extensible along the warp direction for providing support to the article of footwear; the plurality of strap members including a first strap member and a second strap member, each of the first strap member and the second strap member including a leading edge and an opposite trailing edge; the first strap member and the second strap member being: (i) separated along a portion of a length of the first and second strap members by an opening; and (ii) at least partially joined at a junction; the junction being formed of unitary knit construction with the first strap member and the second strap member; the first strap member including a first leading edge and a first trailing edge, the first trailing edge extending from the junction generally in the warp direction; the second strap member including a second leading edge and a second trailing edge, the second leading edge extending from the junction generally in the warp direction; the second leading edge and the first trailing edge cooperating to define the opening that separates the first strap member and the second strap member; the opening being a slit when the knit element is in the contracted position; the opening having a larger area than the slit when the knit element is in the expanded position.