US 11,986,042 B2
Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
Jeremy Gantz, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Yuanmin Wang, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, INC., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/074,153.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,787, filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112909 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B32B 3/30 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 15/14 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 1/0027 (2013.01) [B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 15/14 (2013.01); B32B 2307/402 (2013.01); B32B 2307/416 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article comprising:
an optical element on a surface of the article, wherein the optical element imparts an achromatic structural color and a chromatic structural color to the article, wherein a layer of the optical element further comprises a textured surface, wherein the achromatic structural color and the chromatic structural color are not affected by the presence of the textured surface.