US 12,324,469 B2
Wetness indicator article
Payton Rose, Portland, OR (US); Jarrett L. Reynolds, Beaverton, OR (US); and Heidi A. Vaughan, Lake Oswego, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/156,805.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/582,799, filed on Nov. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0133225 A1, May 9, 2019
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41D 27/00 (2006.01); A41D 3/00 (2006.01); A42B 1/004 (2021.01); A42B 1/006 (2021.01); A45B 25/18 (2006.01); A45C 3/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); D06N 3/00 (2006.01); A41D 3/04 (2006.01); A41D 31/02 (2019.01); A41D 31/12 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 27/00 (2013.01) [A41D 3/00 (2013.01); A42B 1/004 (2013.01); A42B 1/006 (2013.01); A45B 25/18 (2013.01); A45C 3/001 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); D06N 3/0006 (2013.01); D06N 3/0036 (2013.01); A41D 3/04 (2013.01); A41D 31/02 (2013.01); A41D 31/12 (2019.02); A41D 2200/20 (2013.01); A41D 2500/20 (2013.01); A41D 2500/54 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2307/724 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2307/73 (2013.01); B32B 2437/04 (2013.01); D06N 2209/126 (2013.01); D06N 2211/10 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
an exterior surface;
an interior surface; and
a wetness indicator panel having:
a first layer comprised of a woven material or a knit material having a first surface forming at least a portion of the exterior surface of the garment and an opposite second surface, wherein the first surface comprises a water-repellant coating material forming a pattern of a plurality of water-repellant coated portions and a plurality of non-water repellant coated portion, and wherein a first area collectively occupied by the plurality of water-repellant coated portions is larger than a second area collectively occupied by the plurality of non-water repellant coated portions;
a second layer comprised of a water resistant and breathable membrane having a third surface and an opposite fourth surface, wherein the opposite second surface of the first layer is bonded to the third surface of the second layer; and
a third layer comprised of a tricot knit or mesh material having a fifth surface and an opposite sixth surface, the opposite sixth surface forming at least a portion of the interior surface of the garment, wherein the opposite fourth surface of the second layer is bonded to the fifth surface of the third layer.