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US 12,550,959 B2Granted
Apparel with adaptive fit
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDaniel P. Morgan, Joshua Patrick Williams
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to articles of apparel formed from a base textile and including a plurality of discrete overlay film structures affixed to the base textile at one or more locations on the article of apparel. When exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo an increase in dimension in at least the z-direction and the base textile undergoes a decrease in dimension in one or more of the x-direction and the y-direction.
Claims21
An article of apparel comprising:
- a base textile comprising a tubular structure;
- and
- a plurality of discrete overlay film structures affixed to the base textile and circumferentially around the tubular structure, wherein upon exposure to moisture the plurality of discrete overlay film structures, by diffusing moisture from one surface to an opposite surface, undergo a change in dimension in at least a z-direction, and the base textile undergoes a decrease in one or more of width in an x-direction and length in a y-direction, and wherein the decrease in the one or more of the width and the length is associated with a tighter fit of the tubular structure.
A lower-body garment having a torso portion, a first leg portion, and a second leg portion, the lower-body garment comprising:
- a base textile forming the first leg portion and the second leg portion;
- and
- a plurality of discrete overlay film structures affixed to the base textile and extending circumferentially around the first leg portion and the second leg portion, wherein upon exposure to moisture the plurality of discrete overlay film structures undergo a change in dimension in at least a z-direction, and the first leg portion and the second leg portion undergo a decrease in circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.