US 11,832,680 B2
Additive color printing
Todd W. Miller, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/488,301.
Application 14/740,485 is a division of application No. 13/927,551, filed on Jun. 26, 2013, granted, now 9,114,625, issued on Aug. 25, 2015.
Application 15/488,301 is a continuation of application No. 14/740,485, filed on Jun. 16, 2015, granted, now 9,656,475.
Prior Publication US 2017/0215514 A1, Aug. 3, 2017
Int. Cl. A43B 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01); H04N 1/54 (2006.01); D06P 1/44 (2006.01); D06P 1/52 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); A41D 31/02 (2019.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 1/0027 (2013.01) [A41D 31/02 (2013.01); A43B 1/0072 (2013.01); A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 23/02 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41J 3/407 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01); B41M 5/0058 (2013.01); B41M 5/0064 (2013.01); B41M 5/0076 (2013.01); B41M 5/0088 (2013.01); D06P 1/44 (2013.01); D06P 1/5257 (2013.01); D06P 5/30 (2013.01); H04N 1/54 (2013.01); B41M 2205/38 (2013.01); B41M 2205/42 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of apparel comprising:
a nonwhite substrate; and
a plurality of sequential layers of an opaque white ink and at least one substantially translucent color ink intermixed together,
the plurality of sequential layers comprising:
a first layer of ink in contact with the nonwhite substrate comprising a first mixture of the opaque white ink and at least one substantially translucent color ink, the first layer of ink having a first ratio of white ink to color ink being less than or equal to 1:1;
a second layer of ink on at least a portion of the first layer of ink, the second layer of ink comprising a second mixture of the opaque white ink and the at least one substantially translucent color ink, the second layer of ink having a second ratio of white ink to color ink being less than or equal to 1:1;
a third layer of ink on at least a portion of the second layer of ink, the third layer of ink comprising a third mixture of the opaque white ink and the at least one substantially translucent color ink, the third layer of ink having a third ratio of white ink to color ink being less than or equal to 1:1,
wherein the first ratio, second ratio, and the third ratio are substantially equal, and
wherein at least a portion of the first layer, second, layer, and third layers overlap and a sum of the plurality of sequential layers of intermixed translucent color ink and opaque white ink on the nonwhite substrate at the overlapping portion produces a desired color that is optically indistinguishable in the visible spectrum from the same color printed onto a white substrate using opaque color inks.