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US 12,571,138 B2Granted
Knitted component including knit openings formed with releasable yarn
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAndreas I. Schoppel, Shannon J. Basa
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Abstract
A knitted component includes a first yarn and a second yarn, where the first yarn comprises a thermoplastic material having a melting temperature. The first yarn is used to create window openings of different shapes and sizes within the knitted component. This is achieved by using the first yarn to releasably secure adjacent edges of a window opening. The first yarn is then heated to release, at least in part, the first yarn from the edges of the window opening, allowing the edges to separate and thereby form a window opening.
Claims19
A textile, comprising:
- a first surface;
- a window opening within the first surface having a first edge and a second edge that are separated to define the window opening therebetween;
- a curling region on the first surface adjacent to the first edge, wherein the curling region comprises a first yarn comprising a thermoplastic material and a second yarn;
- a transition region on the first surface adjacent to the second edge, wherein the transition region comprises the second yarn, and wherein the second yarn in the transition region is knit in a double jersey knit structure;
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- a region comprising an inlaid monofilament strand.
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A textile, comprising:
- a first surface;
- a window opening within the first surface having a first edge and a second edge that are separated to define the window opening therebetween, wherein a monofilament strand at least partially secures the first edge of the window opening to the second edge of the window opening;
- a curling region positioned on the first surface adjacent to the first edge, wherein the curling region comprises a first yarn comprising a thermoplastic material and a second yarn;
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- a transition region positioned on the first surface adjacent to the second edge, wherein the transition region comprises the second yarn.
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A textile, comprising:
- a first surface;
- a window opening within the first surface having a first edge and a second edge that are separated to define the window opening therebetween, wherein a monofilament at least partially secures the first edge of the window opening to the second edge of the window opening;
- a curling region positioned on the first surface adjacent to the first edge, wherein the curling region comprises a first yarn comprising a thermoplastic material and a second yarn, and wherein the first yarn is at least partially fused to the second yarn in the curling region;
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- a transition region positioned on the first surface adjacent to the second edge, wherein the transition region comprises the second yarn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.