Textured elements incorporating non-woven textile materials and methods for manufacturing the textured elements
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsCarrie L. Davis, Bhupesh Dua, James A. Niegowski
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a textured element may include (a) collecting a plurality of filaments upon a textured surface to form a non-woven textile and (b) separating the non-woven textile from the textured surface. Another method of manufacturing a textured element may include depositing a plurality of thermoplastic polymer filaments upon a first surface of a polymer layer to (a) form a non-woven textile and (b) bond the filaments to the polymer layer. A textured surface may then be separated from a second surface of the polymer layer, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and the second surface having a texture from the textured surface.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a textured element comprising:
- depositing a plurality of thermoplastic polymer filaments upon a first surface of a polymer layer to (a) form a non-woven textile and (b) bond the filaments to the polymer layer;
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- separating a textured surface from a second surface of the polymer layer, the second surface being opposite the first surface, and the second surface having a texture from the textured surface.
A method of manufacturing a textured element comprising:
- heating a combination of a polymer layer and a texture layer, the polymer layer being formed from a first thermoplastic polymer material, and the polymer layer having a first surface and an opposite second surface that is in contact with a textured surface of the texture layer;
- depositing a plurality of filaments upon the first surface of the polymer layer to (a) form a non-woven textile from the filaments and (b) bond the filaments to the polymer layer, the filaments being formed from a second thermoplastic polymer material;
- compressing the non-woven textile, the polymer layer, and the texture layer;
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- separating the polymer layer from the texture layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.