Hydrogel tie layer
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsHOSSEIN A. BAGHDADI, JAY CONSTANTINOU, CALEB W. DYER, MYRON MAURER, DENIS SCHILLER, JEREMY D. WALKER, RICHARD L. WATKINS, ZACHARY C. WRIGHT
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to articles and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil. In particular, the articles have substrate body, a tie layer secured to the substrate body, and a material including a hydrogel secured to the tie layer. The material can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil during use. The presence of the tie layer can minimize or prevent delamination of the hydrogel containing material during normal use.
Claims20
An article of footwear comprising:
- a substrate body having a first side compositionally comprising a polymeric material;
- a tie layer secured to the first side, wherein the tie layer comprises a first mixture including an aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane hydrogel;
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- a material secured to the tie layer opposite the first side of the substrate body, the material defining at least a portion of a first external surface of the article, and the material compositionally comprising a second mixture including the aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.