US 11,866,860 B2
Method of manufacturing a sporting goods component
Brian Hoying, Herzogenaurach (DE); and Andrew Joseph Leslie, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on May 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/307,532.
Application 17/307,532 is a continuation of application No. 16/230,712, filed on Dec. 21, 2018, granted, now 11,035,060.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 223 743.0 (DE), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0254246 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. D04B 1/12 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); D04B 21/20 (2006.01); A43B 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC D04B 1/12 (2013.01) [A43B 23/025 (2013.01); A43B 23/042 (2013.01); D04B 21/207 (2013.01); D10B 2331/10 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0231 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sporting goods component, comprising:
a first portion attached to a second portion such that the sporting goods component has a first shape;
wherein the first portion comprises a first textile having a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; and
wherein the second portion comprises a second textile having a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio such that when the predetermined shrinking condition is applied, the sporting goods component changes from the first shape to a second shape that is different than the first shape.