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1. An article of footwear configured to be positioned about a wearer's foot, said wearer's foot comprising an instep, a plurality of phalanges, a plurality of toes including distal ends, and a heel, said article of footwear comprising:
an upper coupled with a sole and comprising a junction between said upper and said sole, said upper comprising an opening for receiving a wearer's foot, said upper comprising a three dimensional knit textile material element comprising an anterior side, a posterior side, a superior side, an inferior side, a medial side, a lateral side, an exterior side, an interior side, a forefoot area, a midfoot area, a rearfoot area, and a plurality of different knit portions coupled together comprising a vamp portion comprising four way stretch mechanical properties, a collar portion comprising resilient elastic mechanical properties, a quarter portion further comprising a medial quarter portion and a lateral quarter portion comprising at least two way stretch mechanical properties and comprising greater resistance to elongation than said vamp portion, a dorsal portion comprising a pad on said superior side, and a tip portion comprising less elongation relative to said quarter portion and also said vamp portion extending on said anterior side and to at least a part of said medial side and said lateral side and around a majority of said forefoot area adjacent to said junction between said upper and said sole, each of said tip portion, said vamp portion, said collar portion, said quarter portion, and said dorsal portion of said upper comprising different knits, and at least said tip portion, said vamp portion, and said quarter portion comprising different mechanical properties wherein said three dimensional knit textile material element, above said sole, comprises substantially an entire exterior surface of said article of footwear. |
