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US 12,342,886 B2Granted
Garments and articles incorporating recycled foam scrap
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorDenis Schiller
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Abstract
This disclosure is related to garments and methods of producing garments that incorporate filling materials that comprise multi-faceted particles, including multi-faceted foam particles, produced by shredding various components associated with, for example, articles of footwear, pads (athletic use pads, industrial use pads, and the like), and the like.
Claims19
A garment comprising:
- an outer layer;
- an inner layer secured to the outer layer at one or more seam areas to form at least one chamber;
- and
- a filling material within the at least one chamber, the filling material comprising a plurality of multi-faceted foam particles having four or more facets, wherein adjacent facets share a common edge and form at least one acute angle;
- and
- wherein the plurality of multi-faceted foam particles includes a first portion of multi-faceted foam particles and a second portion of multi-faceted foam particles, the first portion of multi-faceted foam particles having at least a first facet that includes a plurality of pores and a second facet that comprises entirely of an outer skin surface of a molded component, and the second portion of the multi-faceted foam particles having at least one facet that includes a plurality of pores.
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A garment comprising:
- an outer layer;
- an inner layer secured to the outer layer at one or more seam areas to form at least one chamber;
- and
- a filling material within the at least one chamber, the filling material comprising a plurality of particles compositionally comprising a poly-ether block amide copolymer, or a thermoplastic copolyester material, having an average Asker C Durometer hardness ranging from about 20 to about 70 and having an average density ranging from about 0.02 g/cm3 to about 0.2 g/cm3, and a polyurethane binder,
- wherein the plurality of particles includes a plurality of multifaceted foam particles, and wherein the plurality of multi-faceted foam particles includes a first portion of multi-faceted foam particles and a second portion of multi-faceted foam particles, the first portion of multi-faceted foam particles having at least a first facet that includes a plurality of pores and a second facet that comprises entirely of an outer skin surface of a molded component, and each facet of the second portion of the multi-faceted foam particles includes a plurality of pores.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.