Wearable article and method of manufacturing a wearable article
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorEric Hullegie
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Abstract
In an example, a wearable article includes a nonwoven textile sheet having a first portion and a second portion contiguous with the first portion. The first portion has a first density and a first modulus of elasticity. The second portion has a second density less than the first density and has a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity. The first portion is shaped differently than the second portion as an integral implement of the wearable article. A method of manufacturing a wearable article may comprise thermoforming the first portion while the second portion contiguous with the thermoformed first portion is not thermoformed.
Claims15
A wearable article comprising:
- a nonwoven textile sheet having a first portion and a second portion contiguous with the first portion;
- and
- a textile component;
- wherein the first portion has a first density and a first modulus of elasticity;
- wherein the second portion has a second density less than the first density and has a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity;
- wherein fibers of the second portion of the nonwoven textile sheet are intertwined with fibers of the textile component to secure the second portion to the textile component;
- wherein the second portion of the nonwoven textile sheet contacts a surface of the textile component and the first portion is displaced from the surface by a cavity between the first portion and the surface;
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- wherein the first portion defines a through hole extending through the nonwoven textile sheet.
A wearable article comprising:
- a nonwoven textile sheet having a first portion and a second portion contiguous with the first portion;
- wherein the first portion has a first density and a first modulus of elasticity;
- wherein the second portion has a second density less than the first density and has a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity;
- wherein the first portion comprises multiple stacked nonwoven textile layers each including randomly disposed fibers;
- wherein the multiple stacked nonwoven textile layers include a first nonwoven textile outer layer, a second nonwoven textile outer layer and at least one nonwoven textile intermediate layer disposed between the first nonwoven textile outer layer and the second nonwoven textile outer layer;
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- wherein the first portion defines a through hole extending through the nonwoven textile sheet.
A wearable article comprising:
- a nonwoven textile sheet having a first portion and a second portion contiguous with the first portion;
- wherein the first portion has a first density and a first modulus of elasticity;
- wherein the second portion has a second density less than the first density and has a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity;
- wherein the first portion comprises multiple stacked nonwoven textile layers each including randomly disposed fibers;
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- wherein the multiple stacked nonwoven textile layers include a first nonwoven textile outer layer, a second nonwoven textile outer layer and at least one nonwoven textile intermediate layer disposed between the first nonwoven textile outer layer and the second nonwoven textile outer layer;
- wherein an edge of the at least one nonwoven textile intermediate layer is tapered, and the edge that is tapered is adjacent to the second portion;
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- wherein the first portion is split from a peripheral edge to the second portion to define the first nonwoven textile outer layer and the second nonwoven textile outer layer, each of the first nonwoven textile outer layer and the second nonwoven textile outer layer having an end at the peripheral edge that is remote from the second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.