Nike, Inc.

Nike Innovate C.v.

Daniel Morgan

Kyle Schepke

Iustinia Koshkaroff

Nina Yashkova

Raegen Stauffer

Jahan Behbahany

Joshua Patrick Williams

David Curtis Turner

Patrick Williams

Merav Gazit

Brad N Clarkson

Christopher J Ranalli

Michael T Horne

Balwant S Atwal

Vasilios Fasois

Orion Granatir

Carrie McKnelly

Jack Wilson

Will Stark

Travis Davidson

David Turner

Methods and systems are provided for a process to generate a nonwoven textile. In one example, the nonwoven textile may have layered, zonal properties resulting from entangling of two or more types of staple fibers through a merging region between the layers of staple fibers while maintaining distinct zones, each zone comprising a type of staple fiber. Furthermore, the process may include embedding a filament layer into the nonwoven textile via a continuous assembly line.

Method for nonwoven textiles with variable zonal properties

Aspects herein are directed to a textile comprising at least one compressed portion, at least one uncompressed portion, and a deposit of thermo-reflective material on at least the compressed portion. Other aspects herein are directed to a method of manufacturing a textile or garment having a deposit of thermo-reflective material.

Textiles and garments having thermoreflective material

Aspects herein are directed to articles of apparel formed from a base textile and including a plurality of discrete overlay film structures affixed to the base textile at one or more locations on the article of apparel. When exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo an increase in dimension in at least the z-direction and the base textile undergoes a change in dimension in at least the z-direction to produce stand-off nodes.

Apparel with cling reduction features

Aspects herein are directed to an apparel layer system configured to provide variable levels of insulation, warming, or air permeability. The apparel layer system comprises a first layer of material and a second layer of material both extending in a first planar direction. A third layer of material is positioned between the first and the second layers of material and is selectively affixed thereto. An adjustment mechanism coupled to the second layer of material can be mechanically manipulated to shift the second layer of material between different positions or states to achieve variable levels of offset between the first and second layers of material in the first planar direction and in a second direction perpendicular to the first planar direction.

Apparel layer system

Aspects herein are directed to a strap system having an adjustable stretch that is suitable for upper body garments, lower body garment, and articles such as bags and articles of footwear. The strap system includes a pair of straps that are coupled together in a face sharing relationship by a coupling mechanism. One of the straps in the pair of straps has greater stretch properties than the other strap. A total stretch of the strap system is adjustable by moving the coupling mechanism along a length of the strap system.

Adjustable strap system

Jacket

A water sport article is provided. The water sport article includes a joint formed between a first panel having a greater thickness than a second panel. The joint includes an overlapping interface between the first and second panels where one or more of adhesive bonding, blind stitching, and taping is used to attach the first and second panels at the overlapping interface.

Water sport article joint and a method for manufacturing a water sport article joint

The emergency vehicular window-breaking device includes a striker mechanism and a trigger. The emergency vehicular window-breaking device may be operable to shatter a window of a vehicle that has become at least partially submerged so that an occupant of the vehicle may escape. The emergency vehicular window-breaking device may be located within the vehicle where the striker mechanism may strike the window and the trigger may be exposed to rising water as the vehicle sinks. The striker mechanism may shatter the window glass after activation by the trigger. The trigger may activate the striker mechanism responsive to being submerged.

Emergency vehicular window-breaking device

Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dimension in at least the z-direction which cause the second panel of material to undergo a reversible decrease in dimension in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vent opening thereby causing the vent opening to dynamically transition from a closed state to an open state.

Apparel with dynamic vent structure

Systems and methods for manufacturing a garment, include: receiving garment design input data for a garment design including data representing a first textile structural unit at a first location and data representing a second textile structural unit at a second location; generating a textile production machine instruction data set based on the garment design input data; forming a first garment using a first textile production machine to include the first textile structural unit and the second textile structural unit; creating revised garment design input data for the garment design based on the first garment based on receiving additional body map data relating to the first garment; generating revised textile production machine instruction data set based on the revised garment design input data; and forming a second garment using a textile production machine and the revised garment design input data including the changes to the garment design.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Daniel Morgan