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US 12,721,404 B2Granted
Nonwoven textile for footwear with entangled folded edge
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBhupesh Dua, Pamela S. Greene
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Abstract
An article and method includes a nonwoven textile forming at least part of an upper of an article of footwear and binding fibers entangled with fibers of the folded portion and the major portion, the edge being secured, at least in part, to the major surface. The nonwoven textile is comprised of fibers and has a major portion and a folded portion, the folded portion including an edge of the nonwoven textile folded over to bring the edge in contact, at least in part, with a major surface of the major portion to form a folded edge.
Claims20
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper comprising an ankle collar;
- the ankle collar comprising:
- a nonwoven textile comprising:
- a major portion, a folded portion, and an intermediate portion positioned between the major portion and the folded portion, wherein the major portion, the folded portion, and the intermediate portion are a continuous panel of the nonwoven textile, wherein a first folded edge joins the major portion to the folded portion and comprises an edge of the ankle collar of the article of footwear, wherein a second folded edge joins the folded portion to the intermediate portion and positions the intermediate portion between the major portion and the folded portion, wherein the nonwoven textile comprises first fibers in the major portion, the folded portion, and the intermediate portion;
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- binding fibers mechanically entangled with the first fibers of the major portion and the folded portion, wherein at least a portion of the binding fibers extend from the major portion, through the intermediate portion, and to the folded portion without extending through the first folded edge and the second folded edge.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper comprising a nonwoven textile and a seam joining a first edge and a second edge of the nonwoven textile;
- the nonwoven textile further comprising a major portion, a folded portion, and an intermediate portion positioned between the major portion and the folded portion, wherein the major portion, the folded portion, and the intermediate portion are a continuous panel of the nonwoven textile, wherein a first folded edge joins the major portion to the folded portion and comprises an edge of an ankle collar, wherein a second folded edge joins the folded portion to the intermediate portion and positions the intermediate portion between the major portion and the folded portion, wherein the nonwoven textile comprises first fibers in the major portion, the folded portion, and the intermediate portion;
- binding fibers that are each mechanically entangled with the first fibers of the major portion and the folded portion, wherein at least a portion of the binding fibers extend from the major portion, through the intermediate portion, and to the folded portion without extending through the first folded edge and the second folded edge.
An article of footwear comprising:
- a nonwoven textile comprising:
- a major portion, a folded portion, and an intermediate portion positioned between the major portion and the folded portion, wherein the major portion, the folded portion, and the intermediate portion are a continuous panel of the nonwoven textile, wherein a first folded edge joins the major portion to the folded portion and comprises an edge of an ankle collar of the article of footwear, wherein a second folded edge joins the folded portion to the intermediate portion and positions the intermediate portion between the major portion and the folded portion, wherein the nonwoven textile comprises first fibers in the major portion, the folded portion, and the intermediate portion;
- binding fibers mechanically entangled with the first fibers of the major portion and the folded portion, wherein at least a portion of the binding fibers extend from the major portion, through the intermediate portion, and to the folded portion without extending through the first folded edge and the second folded edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.