US 12,127,608 B2
Article of apparel including a bladder
Tina M. Casillas, Portland, OR (US); Risha Dupre, Tigard, OR (US); Sam Lacey, Portland, OR (US); Austin J. Orand, Portland, OR (US); Nadia M. Panian, Beaverton, OR (US); Adam Parkinson, Beaverton, OR (US); Victoria Rind, Beaverton, OR (US); Jeffrey C. Spanks, Portland, OR (US); Simon Quay, Portland, OR (US); and Kimberly A. Sokol, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/816,647.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/366,768, filed on Jun. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/228,310, filed on Aug. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032939 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A41C 3/14 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/146 (2013.01) 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of apparel comprising:
a back panel; and
a front panel attached to the back panel, the front panel including:
a bladder including an interior void, the bladder extending across a majority of the front panel;
a compressible component disposed within the interior void and including a first zone, the first zone operable between a contracted state and a relaxed state; and
a port fluidly coupled to the bladder and operable to selectively permit fluid communication with the interior void.