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US 12,660,879 B2Granted
Sustainable wearable item and method of manufacturing same
OwnerJennifer Stuckoinventor
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Abstract
A sustainable wearable item is provided. The sustainable wearable item comprising an outer layer comprising a plant-based material, an inner layer comprising a plant-based material, the inner layer configured to contact the skin of a user; and an adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the lining and configured to bind the outer layer to the lining, wherein the adhesive is activated in a bonding process.
Claims9
A sustainable wearable item comprising:
- an outer layer comprising a material composition of a plant-based material, cotton, polyurethane and polyester, wherein the plant-based material comprises an upcycled apple skin material, wherein the material composition comprises 26% apple (±2%), 20% polyester (±2%), 16% cotton (±2%), and 38% polyurethane (±2%) by total weight of the outer layer, wherein the outer layer-has a thickness between 0.90 mm and 1.10 mm, and wherein the outer layer is free of any fungal or mycelium-derived constituents, an inner layer comprising a plant-based material, wherein the inner layer is configured to contact skin of a user;
- and an adhesive layer disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer and wherein the adhesive layer is configured to bind the outer layer to the inner layer.
A sustainable wearable item comprising:
- an outer layer comprising a composition of upcycled apple skin material, polyurethane, cotton, and polyester, wherein the outer layer comprises approximately 26% upcycled apple skin material (±2%), 20% polyester (±2%), 16% cotton (±2%), and 38% (±2%) polyurethane by total weight of the outer layer, wherein the outer layer has a thickness between 0.90 mm and 1.10 mm, and wherein the outer layer is free of any fungal or mycelium-derived constituents;
- an inner layer comprising an upcycled grape skin material, wherein the inner layer configured to contact skin of a user;
- an insole layer comprising an upcycled grape skin material, the insole layer comprising a scratch-resistant water-based polyurethane coating having a thickness not exceeding 0.15 mm;
- an adhesive disposed between the outer layer and the inner layer and configured to bind the outer layer to the inner layer;
- wherein the adhesive is activated in a bonding process.
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