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US 12,029,268 B2Granted
Article of apparel including insulation
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsJeremy Stangeland, Kyle Blakely, Matthew Trexler
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Abstract
An article of apparel including insulation material includes an insulating layer formed of waterfowl fibers and synthetic fibers. The waterfowl fibers can be present in an amount of at least 20% by weight of the insulating layer. The insulating layer is generally free of waterfowl plumage.
Claims16
A method of forming an article of apparel, the method comprising:
- blending synthetic fibers and waterfowl fibers to form a blended composition;
- carding the blended composition to form batting;
- applying a scrim layer to the batting to form insulation material;
- and
- incorporating the insulation material between a first apparel layer and a second apparel layer to form an article of apparel.
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A method of forming an article of apparel, the method comprising:
- blending synthetic fibers and waterfowl fibers to form a blended composition;
- carding the blended composition to form batting;
- applying a scrim layer to the batting to form insulation material;
- and
- incorporating the insulation material between a first apparel layer and a second apparel layer to form an article of apparel;
- wherein the synthetic fibers blended with the waterfowl fibers comprise synthetic, non-fusible structural fibers and synthetic, fusible binder fibers, and the insulating material comprises:
- 25%-45% waterfowl fibers, by weight of the insulating material;
- 35%-55% synthetic, non-fusible structural fibers, by weight of the insulating material;
- and
- 15%-25% synthetic, fusible binder fibers, by weight of the insulating material.
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A method of forming an article of apparel, the method comprising:
- blending synthetic fibers and waterfowl fibers to form a blended composition, wherein at least some of the synthetic fibers are hollow;
- carding the blended composition to form batting;
- applying a scrim layer to the batting to form insulation material;
- and
- incorporating the insulation material between a first apparel layer and a second apparel layer to form an article of apparel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.