US 12,420,473 B2
Tack and drag printing
Todd A. Waatti, Battleground, WA (US); and Yoav Sterman, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/839,083.
Application 15/882,901 is a division of application No. 14/935,731, filed on Nov. 9, 2015, granted, now 9,889,606, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Application 17/839,083 is a continuation of application No. 16/894,685, filed on Jun. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,364,676.
Application 16/894,685 is a continuation of application No. 15/882,901, filed on Jan. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,675,809, issued on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305721 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 64/118 (2017.08) [B29C 65/002 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of bonding a yarn to a wearable article at a plurality of bonding locations, comprising:
disposing a first portion of a yarn at a first bonding location;
bonding the first portion of the yarn at the first bonding location;
disposing a second portion of a yarn at a second bonding location; and
bonding the second portion of the yarn at the second bonding location,
wherein the first bonding location comprises a first portion of the wearable article and the second bonding location comprises a second portion of the wearable article;
the first bonding location and the second bonding location are spaced apart from one another on a surface of the wearable article;
an intermediate portion of the yarn extends contiguously between the first bonding location and the second bonding location;
the intermediate portion of the yarn is not bonded to the wearable article; and
the bonding comprises disposing a softened thermoplastic material and the yarn in contact with one another and then allowing the thermoplastic material to harden, anchoring the yarn in position.