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US 11,432,603 B2Granted
Moisture-wicking article of headwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsErika R. Kelly, Kraig Nelson, Aaron Reimer
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to an article of headwear having a first layer of material formed from a polyester yarn, a second layer of material formed from a polyester yarn, and an absorbent layer positioned between the first layer of material and the second layer of material at a front of the article of headwear. The article of headwear is configured to temporarily store perspiration produced by a wearer's forehead area and transport the perspiration to the sides and back of the article of headwear where it can subsequently evaporate or be harmlessly released.
Claims19
An article of headwear comprising:
- a first layer of material formed from a first polyester yarn and configured to face a wearer when the article of headwear is in an as-worn configuration;
- a second layer of material formed from a second polyester yarn;
- an absorbent layer in face-sharing contact with and positioned between the first layer of material and the second layer of material, the absorbent layer spanning a front portion of the article of headwear, wherein along sides and a back of the article of headwear, the first layer of material and the second layer of material are in face-sharing contact with one another;
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- a crown, the first layer of material, the second layer of material, and the absorbent layer forming a sweatband permanently secured to an inner-facing surface of a lower portion of the crown by one or more of stitching and bonding, the first layer of material and the second layer of material extending around a majority of a circumference of the lower portion of the crown and terminating at a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is spaced apart from the second end at the back of the article of headwear.
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An article of headwear comprising:
- a sweatband permanently secured to an inner-facing surface of a lower portion of the article of headwear by one or more of stitching and bonding, the sweatband extending along a majority of a circumference of the lower portion of the article of headwear, the sweatband terminating in a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is spaced apart from the second end at a back of the article of headwear, the sweatband including:
- a first layer of material formed from a first polyester yarn and extending along a front and sides of the sweatband;
- a second layer of material formed from a second polyester yarn and extending along the front and the sides of the sweatband;
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- an absorbent layer positioned between and in face-sharing contact with the first layer of material and the second layer of material at the front of the sweatband, wherein along the sides of the sweatband, the first layer of material and the second layer of material are in face-sharing contact with one another.
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An article of headwear comprising:
- a crown having a plurality of perforations arranged in a perforation pattern on a lower portion of the crown, the perforation pattern extending along a front portion, sides, and a back of the article of headwear;
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- a sweatband permanently secured to an inner-facing surface of the lower portion of the crown by one or more of stitching and bonding, the sweatband having a perimeter shape that is substantially the same as the perforation pattern, wherein the sweatband includes a first layer of material and a second layer of material that extend around a majority of a circumference of the lower portion of the crown and terminate at a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is spaced apart from the second end at the back of the article of headwear, wherein the sweatband further includes an absorbent layer in face-sharing contact with and positioned between the first layer of material and the second layer of material at the front of the sweatband, wherein at least the first layer of material includes a plurality of ribs at the front of the sweatband, and wherein the first layer of material includes perforations along the sides and the back of the sweatband.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.