US 11,832,681 B2
Fiber-bound engineered materials formed using engineered scrims
Bhupesh Dua, Portland, OR (US); Pamela S. Greene, Portland, OR (US); Bruce J. Kilgore, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and Thomas J. Rushbrook, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, INC., Beaverton, OR (US)
Appl. No. 16/480,423
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2017, PCT No. PCT/US2017/064068
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 24, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/144124, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/548,245, filed on Aug. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/454,474, filed on Feb. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0387830 A1, Dec. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 1/04 (2022.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/10 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 1/0027 (2013.01) [A43B 1/0072 (2013.01); A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A43B 23/026 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/028 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/10 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A component of an article of footwear, the component comprising:
a first fiber layer comprising a plurality of fibers; and
an embroidered scrim having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the scrim having an ornamental design embroidered onto the first surface of the scrim using a plurality of linear elements,
wherein the first fiber layer is positioned on the first surface of the scrim and therefore covers the embroidered ornamental design,
wherein fibers of the first fiber layer have been entangled with the scrim and the linear elements of the ornamental design embroidered onto the first surface of the scrim, and
wherein the embroidered ornamental design is visible through the first fiber layer.