Footwear articles with flat knit top fabric or other top fabric

摘要

An article of footwear comprising a flat-knit upper and a sole structure attached to the flat-knit upper, the flat-knit upper comprising a flat-knit coherent fabric having a flat-knit structure formed of at least one mechanically processed yarn, the flat-knit textile comprising at least a portion an outer surface of the upper defined and each having first regions having a first layer and a second layer, which is at least partially coextensive with the first layer, wherein the first layer is formed as a continuous structure with the second layer and the second layer on opposite sides of second layer is connected to the first layer, so that on a lateral or medial side of the article of footwear a plurality of channels are formed, which, if this from the side of Fußbelleidungsarti kels are aligned in an essentially vertical direction or angled with respect to a vertical direction.