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US 10,649,113 B2Granted
Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
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Abstract
One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to components having an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or article. The present disclosure is also directed to articles of manufacture including the component having an optical element, and methods for making components and articles having an optical element that imparts structural color.
Claims19
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole combined with an upper for the article of footwear, wherein the upper includes a textile having a first surface, the first surface of the textile is defined by a first polymeric material, and the first surface of the textile forms an externally-facing side of the upper;
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- an optical element having a first side and a second side opposing the first side, wherein the first side of the optical element is operably disposed on the first polymeric material of the first surface of the textile, and the optical element produces a structural color having at least one hue on a portion of the externally-facing side of the upper defined by the textile;
- wherein the optical element is a multi-layer reflector or a multi-layer filter comprising at least two adjacent layers having different refractive indices and at least one of the layers of the multi-layer reflector has a thickness that is about one-fourth of the wavelength of the visible light to be reflected by the optical element to produce the structural color.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.