US 12,435,454 B2
Method for nonwoven textiles with variable zonal properties
Balwant S. Atwal, Hillsboro, OR (US); Daniel Morgan, Beaverton, OR (US); Will Stark, Portland, OR (US); and Patrick Williams, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,140.
Application 17/671,140 is a division of application No. 16/391,163, filed on Apr. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,248,322.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/677,553, filed on May 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0162787 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. D04H 1/04 (2012.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/10 (2006.01); B32B 5/12 (2006.01); D04H 1/10 (2006.01); D04H 1/16 (2006.01); D04H 1/20 (2006.01); D04H 1/32 (2012.01); D04H 1/4374 (2012.01); D04H 1/46 (2012.01); D04H 1/52 (2006.01); D04H 1/74 (2006.01); D04H 5/00 (2012.01); D04H 5/02 (2012.01); D04H 5/04 (2006.01); D04H 5/08 (2012.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/08 (2006.01); B32B 5/14 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 27/02 (2006.01); D01G 15/02 (2006.01); D01G 15/70 (2006.01); D01G 25/00 (2006.01); D04H 1/488 (2012.01); D04H 1/498 (2012.01); D04H 1/542 (2012.01); D04H 1/559 (2012.01)
CPC D04H 1/74 (2013.01) [B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/10 (2013.01); B32B 5/12 (2013.01); D04H 1/04 (2013.01); D04H 1/10 (2013.01); D04H 1/16 (2013.01); D04H 1/20 (2013.01); D04H 1/32 (2013.01); D04H 1/4374 (2013.01); D04H 1/46 (2013.01); D04H 1/52 (2013.01); D04H 5/00 (2013.01); D04H 5/02 (2013.01); D04H 5/04 (2013.01); D04H 5/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/08 (2013.01); B32B 5/145 (2013.01); B32B 5/24 (2013.01); B32B 7/022 (2019.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 27/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/02 (2013.01); B32B 2262/144 (2021.05); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01); D01G 15/02 (2013.01); D01G 15/70 (2013.01); D01G 25/00 (2013.01); D04H 1/488 (2013.01); D04H 1/498 (2013.01); D04H 1/542 (2013.01); D04H 1/559 (2013.01); D10B 2401/04 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24132 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24628 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24942 (2015.01); Y10T 442/56 (2015.04); Y10T 442/59 (2015.04); Y10T 442/643 (2015.04); Y10T 442/682 (2015.04); Y10T 442/684 (2015.04); Y10T 442/688 (2015.04)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nonwoven textile, comprising:
a first fiber zone and a second fiber zone, the first fiber zone including-a first staple fibers and the second fiber zone including-a second staple fibers, wherein the first staple fibers of the first zone is are at least partially aligned in orientation with the staple fibers of the second zone along a length and/or width of the textile, the first fiber zone positioned in a depth-wise direction above the second fiber zone, wherein the first staple fiber is a different type of staple fiber than the second staple fiber,
a continuous filament at least partially aligned in orientation along the length and/or width with some of the first staple fibers and some of the second staple fibers and incorporated as a distinct layer separate from the first fiber zone and the second fiber zone, the distinct layer defined by the continuous filament being disposed and oriented along the length in a sinuous zig-zag pattern across the width, wherein the continuous filament comprises a low melt polymer having a melting point relatively lower than that of the first staple fiber and the second staple fiber.