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 with first fibers and a folded portion with second fibers, 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;
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- binding fibers mechanically entangled with the first fibers of the major portion and with the second fibers of the folded portion, the edge being secured, at least in part, to the major surface with the binding fibers.
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper comprising a seam joining a first edge and a second edge;
- the first edge comprising a nonwoven textile comprising a major portion with first fibers and a folded portion with second fibers, 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;
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- binding fibers mechanically entangled with the first fibers of the major portion and with the second fibers of the folded portion, the edge being secured, at least in part, to the major surface with the binding fibers.
An article of footwear comprising:
- a nonwoven textile comprising a major portion with first fibers and a folded portion with second fibers, 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;
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- binding fibers mechanically entangled with the first fibers of the major portion and with the second fibers of the folded portion, the edge being secured, at least in part, to the major surface with the binding fibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.