Recyclable, asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDallas Lund, William C. McFarland, II, Yang-Hua Ou, Joshua Patrick Williams
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AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDallas Lund, William C. McFarland, II, Yang-Hua Ou, Joshua Patrick Williams
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Aspects herein are directed to a recyclable, asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile suitable for use in apparel and other articles and methods of making the same. In example aspects, the asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile includes a first face formed, at least in part from a first entangled web of fibers and an opposite second face formed, at least in part from a second entangled web of fibers. When incorporated into an article of apparel, the first face forms an outer-facing surface of the article of apparel, and the second face forms an inner-facing surface of the article of apparel. The first face includes features making it suitable to form the outer-facing surface such as resistance to abrasion, and the second face includes features making it suitable to form an inner-facing surface such as a soft hand.
An article of apparel that includes a composite nonwoven textile having a first face and an opposite second face, the composite nonwoven textile comprising:
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