Textile Components and/or Other Articles Including Printed Structures, Methods of Making These Articles, and Products Including Such Articles

Abstract

A footwear upper includes: (A) an upper base member formed from one or more upper component parts and having an exterior surface; and (B) a plurality of discrete printed protrusions fixed to and extending outward from the exterior surface, wherein at least 50% of the discrete printed protrusions provided on the upper base member define a volume of less than 150 mm3. In at least some examples, each discrete printed protrusion of at least 25% of the discrete printed protrusions provided on the upper base member includes: (i) a largest base dimension D of the discrete printed protrusion located at the exterior surface of the upper base member, (ii) a height dimension H from the exterior surface to an outermost free end of the discrete printed protrusion, and (iii) an aspect ratio H/D of at least 1.25 (and in some examples, an aspect ratio of at least 1.75).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.