| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article of footwear capable of reducing wasted materials while enhancing manufacturing efficiency and possibility of recycling by reducing a number of elements and materials used in an upper.SOLUTION: An article 10 of footwear has an upper 30 that includes a knitted component and a sole structure 20 secured to the upper. The knitted component may define a tube 42 formed of unitary knit construction, and a strand 43 may extend through a length of the tube. As another example, the knitted component may have a pair of at least partially coextensive knitted layers formed of unitary knit construction and of which at least parts have the same spread and a plurality of floating yarns may extend between the knitted layers. In some configurations, the knit type or yarn type may vary in different regions of the knitted component to impart different properties. |
