US 12,342,885 B2
Nonwoven textile with non-linear entangled seams suitable for garments
Baron C. Brandt, Portland, OR (US); Dallas Lund, Portland, OR (US); and Andrea J. Staub, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on May 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,961.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,556, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0378130 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 31/02 (2019.01); D04H 1/498 (2012.01)
CPC A41D 31/02 (2013.01) [D04H 1/498 (2013.01); A41D 2500/20 (2013.01); A41D 2500/30 (2013.01); A41D 2500/52 (2013.01); D10B 2403/023 (2013.01); D10B 2501/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a first nonwoven layer having a material flow direction;
a second layer;
a fill material positioned between the first nonwoven layer and the second layer;
at least one region of the garment where the first nonwoven layer, the second layer, and the fill material are substantially unentangled; and
at least one non-linear entangled seam extending along the material flow direction, the at least one non-linear entangled seam comprising one or more entanglement areas extending from each other to form the at least one non-linear entangled seam, wherein the one or more entanglement areas comprise fibers from the first nonwoven layer that extend through the fill material and into the second layer.