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US 11,889,885 B2Granted
Footwear article having concealing layer with structural color
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
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Abstract
In example aspects, materials with different colors and/or one or more different characteristics are used for footwear manufacturing. In some aspects, the colors and/or the one or more characteristics of the materials may be obscured with a concealing layer. In other aspects, the concealing layer may include a structural-color element.
Claims15
A footwear article comprising:
- at least one substrate having an externally facing surface;
- a first structural-color element on the externally facing surface of the at least one substrate and producing a first structural color;
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- a second structural-color element on the externally facing surface of the at least one substrate and producing a second structural color.
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A footwear article comprising:
- a first substrate comprising a first characteristic chosen from at least one of a first composition, a first construction, a first color, a first basis weight, a first thickness, and a first surface topography;
- a second substrate comprising a second characteristic chosen from at least one of a second composition, a second construction, a second color, a second basis weight, a second thickness, and a second surface topography, wherein at least one corresponding characteristic of the first characteristic and the second characteristic is different;
- a first structural-color element applied to the first substrate and producing a first structural color, wherein the first structural-color element comprises a first set of layers;
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- a second structural-color element applied to the second substrate and producing a second structural color, wherein the second structural-color element comprises a second set of layers, wherein the first set of layers of the first structural-color element and the second set of layers of the second structural-color element have at least one common property.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.