US 12,144,398 B2
Wearable article and method of manufacturing a wearable article
Eric Hullegie, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Converse Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Converse Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,000.
Application 17/590,000 is a division of application No. 16/691,767, filed on Nov. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,497,270.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/789,132, filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151331 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 3/38 (2022.01); A43B 1/14 (2006.01); A43C 19/00 (2006.01); A44B 11/20 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01); A45F 3/04 (2006.01); B29C 51/14 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 3/38 (2022.01) [A43B 1/14 (2013.01); A43C 19/00 (2013.01); A44B 11/20 (2013.01); A45C 13/1084 (2013.01); A45F 3/04 (2013.01); B29C 51/14 (2013.01); A45F 2003/045 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable article comprising:
a nonwoven textile sheet having a first portion and a second portion contiguous with the first portion;
wherein the first portion has a first density and a first modulus of elasticity;
wherein the second portion has a second density less than the first density and has a second modulus of elasticity less than the first modulus of elasticity;
wherein the first portion is shaped differently than the second portion as an integral implement of the wearable article;
wherein the integral implement is one of either a female portion or a male portion of a closure device; and
wherein the wearable article is an article of footwear and the closure device is a buckle.