US 12,011,052 B2
Apparel item with integrated lighting system
Jorge E. Carbo, Jr., Aloha, OR (US); Kimberly R. Fisher, Beaverton, OR (US); Alice Fockele, Portland, OR (US); Iustinia Koshkaroff, Portland, OR (US); Amir H. Morgan, Hillsboro, OR (US); and Luke A. Pezzimenti, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/379,236.
Application 18/379,236 is a continuation of application No. 17/897,973, filed on Aug. 29, 2022, granted, now 11,819,069.
Application 17/897,973 is a continuation of application No. 17/517,034, filed on Nov. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,464,264, issued on Oct. 11, 2022.
Application 17/517,034 is a continuation of application No. 17/147,159, filed on Jan. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,185,116, issued on Nov. 30, 2021.
Application 17/147,159 is a continuation of application No. 16/864,397, filed on May 1, 2020, granted, now 10,966,470, issued on Apr. 6, 2021.
Application 16/864,397 is a continuation of application No. 16/315,813, granted, now 10,701,990, issued on Jul. 7, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2017/040221, filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/359,879, filed on Jul. 8, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/356,960, filed on Jun. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0032622 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. A41D 13/01 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01)
CPC A41D 13/01 (2013.01) [A41D 1/005 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for joining a first panel of material with a second panel of material for an apparel item having an integrated lighting system, the method comprising:
positioning a first light array at a first area of the first panel of material;
positioning a power supply unit at a second area of the first panel of material;
electrically coupling a first conductive trace, having a first end and a second end, to the power supply unit on the first panel of material;
extending the first conductive trace from the power supply unit to a first junction structure located at a third area of the first panel of material, wherein at the first junction structure the second end of the first conductive trace is electrically coupled to a first end of a second conductive trace and a first end of a third conductive trace; and
after extending the first conductive trace, joining the first panel of material with the second panel of material for the apparel item.