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US 12,635,739 B2Granted
Article of apparel including a bladder
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTina M. Casillas, Risha Dupre, Sam Lacey, Bridget J. Munro, Austin J. Orand, Nadia M. Panian, Adam Parkinson, Nicola J. Reynolds, 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.
Claims20
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 bi-laterally from a center region to an edge 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, a second apparel cup extending to a second apex and separated from the first apparel cup by a center region, and a first zone having a first plurality of reliefs operable between a contracted state and a relaxed state, the center region being free from reliefs.
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An article of apparel comprising:
- a back panel;
- and
- a front panel attached to the back panel and extending between at least one strap and a band configured to extend around a ribcage of a wearer, the front panel including:
- a bladder including an interior void, the bladder extending to the band;
- and
- 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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.