US 12,458,077 B2
Garment with composite nonwoven textile
Iustinia Koshkaroff, Portland, OR (US); Vadim Kulikovich, Beaverton, OR (US); and Andrea J. Staub, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/240,239.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/402,844, filed on Aug. 31, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0065346 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A41D 1/00 (2018.01); A41D 27/24 (2006.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 1/00 (2013.01) [A41D 27/24 (2013.01); A41D 31/185 (2019.02); A41D 2200/20 (2013.01); A41D 2500/30 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of apparel comprising:
a first composite nonwoven textile panel comprising:
a first web of fibers entangled with a first elastomeric layer;
a first outer-facing surface and a first inner-facing surface; and
a pocket opening extending through the first composite nonwoven textile panel from the first outer-facing surface to the first inner-facing surface;
a second composite nonwoven textile panel comprising:
a second web of fibers entangled with a second elastomeric layer; and
a second outer-facing surface and a second inner-facing surface;
the second outer-facing surface positioned in a face-to-face orientation with the first inner-facing surface, such that a pocket space is at least partially enclosed between the second outer-facing surface and the first inner-facing surface;
the second composite nonwoven textile panel covering the pocket opening, which is in fluid communication with the pocket space; and
an adhesive element that is positioned between the first inner-facing surface and the second outer-facing surface and that adhesively bonds the first composite nonwoven textile to the second composite nonwoven textile in a face-to-face arrangement, wherein the adhesive element at least partially circumscribes the pocket opening.