US 12,434,453 B2
Recyclable, asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile
Dallas Lund, Portland, OR (US); William C. McFarland, II, Portland, OR (US); Yang-Hua Ou, Miaoli (TW); and Joshua Patrick Williams, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/509,995.
Application 17/509,995 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/055822, filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,070, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,720, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/108,042, filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134702 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/00 (2019.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 7/14 (2006.01); B32B 25/10 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); D04H 1/435 (2012.01); D04H 1/4358 (2012.01); D04H 1/46 (2012.01); D04H 1/498 (2012.01); D04H 1/541 (2012.01); D04H 1/555 (2012.01); D04H 1/593 (2012.01); D04H 1/66 (2012.01); D04H 1/74 (2006.01); D04H 3/03 (2012.01); D04H 3/105 (2012.01); D04H 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 5/022 (2013.01) [B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/266 (2021.05); B32B 7/00 (2013.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 7/14 (2013.01); B32B 25/10 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); D04H 1/435 (2013.01); D04H 1/4358 (2013.01); D04H 1/46 (2013.01); D04H 1/498 (2013.01); D04H 1/5412 (2020.05); D04H 1/555 (2013.01); D04H 1/593 (2013.01); D04H 1/66 (2013.01); D04H 1/74 (2013.01); D04H 3/03 (2013.01); D04H 3/105 (2013.01); D04H 13/002 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2250/40 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0215 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0292 (2013.01); B32B 2262/124 (2021.05); B32B 2307/306 (2013.01); B32B 2307/51 (2013.01); B32B 2307/718 (2013.01); B32B 2437/00 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01); D10B 2401/061 (2013.01); D10B 2401/062 (2013.01); D10B 2401/20 (2013.01); D10B 2501/00 (2013.01); D10B 2501/04 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of apparel that includes a composite nonwoven textile having a first face and an opposite second face, the composite nonwoven textile comprising:
a first entangled web of fibers that forms, at least in part, the first face, which comprises at least a portion of an outer-facing surface of the article of apparel;
a second entangled web of fibers that forms, at least in part, the second face, which comprises at least a portion of an inner-facing surface of the article of apparel, wherein the second entangled web of fibers comprises, as compared to the first entangled web of fibers, a different property; and
an elastomeric layer positioned between the first entangled web of fibers and the second entangled web of fibers, wherein at least some of the fibers of the first entangled web of fibers extend through the elastomeric layer and are entangled with fibers of the second entangled web of fibers, and wherein at least some of the fibers of the second entangled web of fibers extend through the elastomeric layer and are entangled with fibers of the first entangled web of fibers, the composite nonwoven textile having:
a thickness from about 1.5 mm to about 3 mm;
a thermal resistance from about 55 RCT to about 90 RCT;
a growth in a machine direction of less than or equal to about 5% of a resting length;
a growth in a cross-machine direction of less than or equal to about 10% of a resting width, wherein the growth in the machine direction is less than the growth in the cross-machine direction; and
a recovery in both the machine direction and the cross-machine direction of within about 10% of the resting length and the resting width;
wherein the second face comprises a plurality of loops formed by fibers from the first entangled web of fibers.