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US 2026/0150918 A1Published application
Article of apparel including protective panels
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsMargaret Snoke, Kayla Stevens, Caitlyn Taggart
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Abstract
An article of apparel includes protective padding adapted to contour to the wearer. In an embodiment, the protective panel is a multilayered panel including a foam layer, a fabric layer, and a bonding layer located between the foam layer and the fabric layer. The foam layer may be formed of auxetic foam. Alternatively or in addition to, the bonding layer may be a film including a plurality of openings, and each of the openings defines a reentrant shape.
Claims20
An article of apparel comprising:
- an auxetic foam layer;
- a fabric layer;
- and
- a bonding layer located between the auxetic foam layer and the fabric layer in a first portion and a second portion of the article of apparel, the bonding layer including a plurality of openings configured to at least partially control an auxetic response of the auxetic foam layer in the first portion and the second portion of the article of apparel, wherein the openings in the first portion of the article of apparel are defined by a first size and a first density, wherein the openings in the second portion of the article of apparel are defined by a second size and a second density, and wherein at least the second size is smaller than the first size or the second density is greater than the first density.
1 more element
An article of apparel comprising:
- a foam layer arranged in a first portion and a second portion of the article of apparel;
- and
- a bonding layer bonded to the foam layer in the first portion and the second portion of the article of apparel, the bonding layer including a plurality of openings configured to at least partially control a response of the foam layer, each of the openings defining a reentrant shape, wherein a size or density of the plurality of openings in the second portion of the article of apparel is greater than a size or density of the plurality of openings in the first portion of the article of apparel, and wherein the plurality of openings configures the bonding layer as an auxetic.
An article of apparel comprising:
- a cushioning auxetic layer that is auxetic or near auxetic in three dimensions;
- and
- a bonding layer bonded to the cushioning layer in a first portion and a second portion of the article of apparel, wherein the bonding layer is auxetic or near auxetic in only two dimensions and configured to at least partially control an auxetic response of the cushioning layer in both the first portion and the second portion of the article of apparel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.