US 12,342,886 B2
Garments and articles incorporating recycled foam scrap
Denis Schiller, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,802.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/220,719, filed on Jul. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011099 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/05 (2006.01); A41D 31/02 (2019.01); A41D 31/06 (2019.01); A63B 71/08 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 31/065 (2019.02) [A41D 13/0593 (2013.01); A41D 31/02 (2013.01); A41D 2400/10 (2013.01); A43B 1/0063 (2013.01); A63B 71/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
an outer layer;
an inner layer secured to the outer layer at one or more seam areas to form at least one chamber; and
a filling material within the at least one chamber, the filling material comprising a plurality of multi-faceted foam particles having four or more facets, wherein adjacent facets share a common edge and form at least one acute angle; and
wherein the plurality of multi-faceted foam particles includes a first portion of multi-faceted foam particles and a second portion of multi-faceted foam particles, the first portion of multi-faceted foam particles having at least a first facet that includes a plurality of pores and a second facet that comprises entirely of an outer skin surface of a molded component, and the second portion of the multi-faceted foam particles having at least one facet that includes a plurality of pores.