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US 2019/0098958 A1Published application
Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
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Abstract
One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide components for an article of manufacture, having a film with an optical element that imparts a structural color to the component. The present disclosure also provide methods for making components with the films and optical element, and articles of manufacture including the component.
Claims20
An article, comprising:
- a film forming at least a portion of a component, the film having a first film surface, a second film surface opposing the first film surface, and a film core between the first film surface and the second film surface, wherein the first film surface or the second film surface or the film core or any combination thereof include a film polymeric material, wherein the first film surface forms an externally-facing surface of the component or an internally-facing surface of the component;
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- an optical element disposed on the first film surface, on the second film surface, or within the film core, wherein the optical element has a first side and a second side opposing the first side, wherein the first side of the optical element, the second side of the optical element, or both, impart a structural color to the component.
A method of making a component, the method comprising:
- disposing a first film surface onto an externally-facing surface of a component, wherein the film comprises a film polymeric material and the film has a second film surface opposed to the first film surface and a film core between the first film surface and the second film surface;
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- wherein the first film surface or the second film surface includes an optical element having a first side and a second opposed to the first side, and the first side of the optical element or the second side of the optical element, or both, impart a structural color to the component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.