US 11,944,156 B2
Nonwoven textile for footwear with entangled folded edge
Bhupesh Dua, Portland, OR (US); and Pamela S. Greene, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Appl. No. 16/638,931
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/064012
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 13, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/035853, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 21, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/546,423, filed on Aug. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0221826 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. A43B 23/02 (2006.01); D04H 1/46 (2012.01); D04H 1/492 (2012.01); D04H 1/70 (2012.01); D04H 3/10 (2012.01); D04H 3/105 (2012.01); D04H 3/11 (2012.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 23/0245 (2013.01) [A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); D04H 1/46 (2013.01); D04H 1/492 (2013.01); D04H 1/70 (2013.01); D04H 3/10 (2013.01); D04H 3/105 (2013.01); D04H 3/11 (2013.01); D04H 13/00 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01); Y10T 428/2419 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
a nonwoven textile forming at least part of an upper of the article of footwear, the nonwoven textile comprised of fibers and having a major portion and a folded portion, the folded portion including an edge of the nonwoven textile folded over to bring the edge in contact, at least in part, with a major surface of the major portion to form a folded edge;
nonwoven cushioning positioned between the folded portion and the major portion of the upper; and
binding fibers entangled with fibers of the folded portion and the major portion, the edge being secured, at least in part, to the major surface with the binding fibers.