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US 12,127,608 B2Granted
Article of apparel including a bladder
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTina M. Casillas, Risha Dupre, Sam Lacey, Austin J. Orand, Nadia M. Panian, Adam Parkinson, Victoria Rind, Jeffrey C. Spanks, Simon Quay, Kimberly A. Sokol
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Abstract
An article of apparel includes a bladder including an interior void, a compressible component disposed within the interior void and including a first zone, the first zone operable between a contracted state and a relaxed state, and a port fluidly coupled to the bladder and operable to selectively permit fluid communication with the interior void.
Claims30
An article of apparel comprising:
- a back panel;
- and
- a front panel attached to the back panel, the front panel including:
- a bladder including an interior void, the bladder extending across a majority of the front panel;
- a compressible component disposed within the interior void and including a first zone, the first zone operable between a contracted state and a relaxed state;
- and
- a port fluidly coupled to the bladder and operable to selectively permit fluid communication with the interior void.
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An article of apparel comprising:
- a back panel;
- and
- a front panel attached to the back panel, the front panel including:
- a bladder including an interior void;
- a compressible component disposed within the interior void and including a first apparel cup extending to a first apex and a second apparel cup extending to a second apex, the compressible component including a first zone operable between a contracted state and a relaxed state;
- and
- a port fluidly coupled to the bladder and operable to move the first zone between the contracted state and the relaxed state by selectively permitting fluid communication with the interior void.
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A method of manufacturing an article of apparel, the method comprising:
- forming an outer barrier layer and an inner barrier layer of a bladder;
- forming a compressible component, the compressible component including a first zone and a first apparel cup, the first zone operable between a contracted state and a relaxed state;
- coupling the outer barrier layer, the compressible component, and the inner barrier layer at a peripheral edge of the bladder;
- coupling the bladder to a front panel;
- coupling the front panel to a back panel;
- and
- fluidly coupling a port to the bladder, the port operable to selectively permit fluid communication between the compressible component and the bladder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.