US 12,150,512 B2
Footwear article having repurposed material with structural-color concealing layer
Jennifer Bee, Portland, OR (US); Jeremy Gantz, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Kim Kovel, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/523,631.
Application 17/523,631 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,252, filed on Aug. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,241,062.
Prior Publication US 2022/0061450 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 23/07 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 1/0027 (2013.01) [A43B 23/07 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear article comprising:
an upper comprising a first substrate and a second substrate;
the first substrate having a first externally facing surface and a first internally facing surface opposite the first externally facing surface;
the second substrate having a second externally facing surface and a second internally facing surface opposite the second externally facing surface, wherein the second substrate is a repurposed material;
a first structural color element applied to the first externally facing surface of the first substrate and imparts a first structural color, wherein the first structural color element comprises a first set of layers; and
a second structural color element applied to the second externally facing surface of the second substrate and imparts a second structural color, wherein the second structural color element comprises a second set of layers;
wherein the first structural color and second structural color are visually similar at a first observation angle from outside of the footwear article, and
wherein a portion of the first structural-color element is configured to at least partially abrade such that the first structural color imparted at the portion of the first structural color element that is configured to at least partially abrade and the second structural color are visually different at the first observation angle from outside of the footwear article.