US 12,226,989 B2
Abrasion resistant material and manufacturing method
Axel Daniel Rezab, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on May 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/883,510.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 208 734.5 (DE), filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0391476 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. B32B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 1/04 (2022.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); D04B 1/12 (2006.01); D04B 21/04 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 5/026 (2013.01) [A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); D04B 1/12 (2013.01); D04B 21/04 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2331/10 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01); D10B 2401/061 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0112 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01); Y10T 442/488 (2015.04)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing an abrasion-resistant material, the method comprising:
providing a first layer comprising a first textile material;
providing a second layer comprising a second textile material;
arranging the second layer on the first layer; and
heat bonding the first layer and the second layer at least partially to each other such that the heat bonding activates a first shrinkability of the first textile material and a second shrinkability of the second textile material, wherein the heat bonding causes shrinking of the first layer or the second layer;
wherein the first textile material exhibits the first shrinkability during the heat bonding and the second textile material exhibits the second shrinkability during the heat bonding, wherein the first shrinkability is greater than the second shrinkability, when at least partially heat bonding the first layer and the second layer, and wherein at least one selected from a group consisting of the first material and the second material is a woven fabric; and
wherein the second layer is formed as a mesh having a mesh size, wherein the mesh is arranged in a lattice structure defining openings that are larger than the mesh size.