Low-profile edge pocket
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorAndrea J. Staub
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Abstract
An article having a panel secured between two layers of a trim piece and having a pocket affixed to a zipper, where a first zipper tape is affixed to the panel, and a second zipper tape is secured between the two layers of the trim piece such that the pocket is in communication with an incised opening in the panel is provided. The panel may be secured between the two layers of the trim piece at a first edge, and the incised opening may be formed proximate to the first edge such that the article comprises a pocket presented proximate to the trim piece. The present invention further comprises a method of manufacturing the article including a pocket presented proximate to the trim piece.
Claims20
An article comprising:
- a trim piece having a first layer, a second layer, and a first trim piece edge;
- a panel comprising a first panel edge, the panel having an incised opening proximate to the first panel edge, wherein the first panel edge is secured between the first layer and the second layer of the trim piece;
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- a pocket having a pocket opening in communication with the incised opening of the panel, the pocket opening positioned adjacent to the first trim piece edge and releasably secured by a zipper comprising at least a first zipper tape and a second zipper tape, the first zipper tape affixed to the panel and the second zipper tape affixed between the first layer and the second layer of the trim piece.
A method of manufacturing an article comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first panel edge of a panel between a first layer and a second layer of a trim piece;
- forming an incision in the panel proximate to a first trim piece edge of the trim piece;
- forming a pocket having a pocket opening, wherein the pocket opening is releasably secured by a zipper having a first zipper tape and a second zipper tape;
- affixing the first zipper tape to the panel proximate to the incision such that the pocket opening is in communication with the incision;
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- affixing the second zipper tape between the first layer and the second layer of the trim piece.
An article comprising:
- a trim piece having at least a first layer and a first trim piece edge;
- a panel comprising a first panel edge, the panel having an incised opening proximate to the first panel edge, wherein the first panel edge is secured to the first layer of the trim piece;
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- a pocket having a pocket opening in communication with the incised opening of the panel, the pocket opening positioned adjacent to the first trim piece edge of the trim piece, the pocket opening releasably secured by a zipper comprising at least a first zipper tape and a second zipper tape, the first zipper tape affixed to the panel and the second zipper tape affixed to the first layer of the trim piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.