US 12,075,884 B2
Fiber-bound engineered materials formed using foundation scrims
Bhupesh Dua, Portland, OR (US); Pamela S. Greene, Portland, OR (US); Bruce J. Kilgore, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Thomas J. Rushbrook, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Appl. No. 16/480,916
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/064057
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 25, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/144120, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/548,255, filed on Aug. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,474, filed on Feb. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0112921 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B32B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01)
CPC A43B 23/0225 (2013.01) [B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upper of an article of footwear, the upper having a perimeter and comprising:
an engineered material including a first fiber layer and a foundation scrim, the first fiber layer comprising a net-shape fiber layer including a first plurality of fibers and having a net shape that substantially constitutes the entire perimeter of the upper, the foundation scrim being entangled with the first fiber layer, wherein at least a portion of the foundation scrim comprises a thermoplastic material, wherein at least one of a melt temperature and a softening temperature of the thermoplastic material is lower than at least one of a melt temperature, a softening temperature, and a decomposition temperature of the first plurality of fibers, and wherein at least a portion of the first plurality of fibers extends into the foundation scrim.