Micro hook-and-loop closure system
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJacob R. Arnold, Raj C. Mistry
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Abstract
An article or garment comprising a micro hook-and-loop closure system is provided herein. The article comprises at least one extremity-covering portion. The distal end of the extremity-covering portion comprises a first textile at an outer-facing surface and a second textile at an inner-facing surface. The second textile includes micro hook or micro loop materials that releasably mate with complementary micro hook or micro loop materials of the first textile in order to place the micro hook-and-loop closure system in a closed configuration. The placement, size, and shape of each of the first and second textiles, as extending from a distal end toward a proximal end of the article, enable the article or garment to be expediently and comfortably donned and doffed.
Claims10
An upper-body garment comprising:
- at least one sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner-facing surface, and an outer-facing surface, the distal end of the at least one sleeve comprising:
- a first free fabric edge extending towards the proximal end of the at least one sleeve;
- a second free fabric edge extending towards the proximal end of the at least one sleeve;
- a first textile comprising a first material, the first textile located on the outer-facing surface of the distal end of the at least one sleeve adjacent to the first free fabric edge, the first textile further comprising a distal edge and a first textile boundary, wherein a width of the first textile measured from the first free fabric edge to the first textile boundary gradually continues to increase as the first textile boundary extends distally from the first free fabric edge toward the distal edge of the first textile;
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- a second textile comprising a second material, the second textile located on the inner-facing surface of the distal end of the at least one sleeve adjacent to the second free fabric edge;
- wherein the second textile is configured to releasably mate with at least a portion of the first textile, and wherein the first and second materials are complementary micro hook and loop materials.
A method of forming an upper-body garment, the method comprising:
- positioning a first material on an outer-facing surface of a sleeve of the upper-body garment (i) to be adjacent a distal end of the sleeve of the upper-body garment, (ii) to be adjacent a first free fabric edge extending toward a proximal end of the sleeve of the upper-body garment, a width of the first material measured from the first free fabric edge to a first boundary that gradually continues to increase as the first boundary extends from the first free fabric edge toward the distal end of the sleeve of the upper-body garment;
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- positioning a second material on an inner-facing surface of the sleeve of the upper-body garment (i) to be adjacent the distal end of the sleeve of the upper-body garment, (ii) to be adjacent a second free fabric edge extending toward the proximal end of the sleeve of the upper-body garment, wherein the first and second materials are complementary micro hook and loop materials.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.