Nike, Inc.

Eaton Corporation

Johnson and Johnson Vision Care, Inc.

USA As Represented by Secretary of the Navy

Eaton Intelligent Power Limited

Fina Technology, Inc.

Other

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Borgwarner Inc.

Nike International Ltd.

J&j Vision Care, Inc.

Nike Innovate C.v.

David Curtis Turner

Douglas G Vanderlaan

Bryan N Farris

Robert B Steffen

Craig Joseph Puhalla

Azaam Alli

Shivkumar Mahadevan

Kevin P McCabe

Bruce P Gaber

Mark Anthony Janusek

Jack Edward Devine

Roger William Helms

William George Eberts

Joe M Wood

David Michael Olszewski

James D Ford

Jonathan S Dordick

Banahalli R Ratna

Paul E Schoen

Christopher Wildsmith

Frank Molock

Douglas S Clark

Michael A Markowitz

Osman Rathore

Daniela Grogro

Frank F Molock, Jr

Gregory A Hill

James Patrick Sisley

Ryan P Henry

Ralph Mason Ennis

Dale Arden Stretch

Christopher John Conway

Robert Michael Slepian

Richard Paul Malingowski

Thomas A Gee

Daniel Morgan

William E Beatty, Jr

Kenneth Martin Fischer

Douglas Charles Marks

Mark Miller

James Lester Oliver

Yuki Aihara

Diana Zanini

Kristy L Canavan

Kent Young

Alice Fockele

Raymond Peter Gundy, Ii

Wade Alan Smith

Brian Scott Jansto

Herman P Schutten

Richard W Abrams

Andrew Lawrence Gottschalk

Andrea J Staub

Brian John Schaltenbrand

David A Leone

Lance Gula

Kurt A Grunert

Charles A Detweiler

John B Enns

Robert Dean Keller

Lyle O Hoppie

Thomas Alan Whitaker

Bruce Yin Moore

Erik Russell Bogdon

Scott Frederick Ansell

James C Sell, Jr

Brett D Martin

Vincent Henri Barre

James M Peck

Jonathan Patrick Adams

Richard J Fougere

Edwin D Lorenz

David Edward Little

Jorge Emilio Carbo, Jr

Likuo Sun

Ronald W Crookston

Ronald Dale Hartzel

Frank Joseph Stifter, Jr

Dominic P Gourd

Richard Chute

Mark Leland

Michael Thomas Little

Juan Aguirre

Dharmesh K Dubey

John Bieser

Ann-Marie Wong Meyers

John C Heaton

Mark G Solveson

Dallas Lund

Keith Edward Thomas

Ruby Curtis

Michael K Smith

John B Fore

Charles R Paton

H Richard Beck

Michael G Tokarski

Dean Basil DeGrazia

Frank F Molock

Richard E White

Joshua Patrick Williams

A method of making a foamed article, for example a foamed component for an article of footwear, includes forming an unfoamed, thermoplastic polymer into an unfoamed article; heating the article to soften the article and infusing the softened article with at least one inert gas at a first pressure greater than atmospheric pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened article; and reducing the pressure to second pressure below the first pressure with the unfoamed article softened to at least partially foam the article. A surface of a partial mold limits foam expansion in at least one direction but less than all directions. The article or a part of the article may be formed from an unfoamed structure of interconnected, unfoamed, thermoplastic polymeric members spaced to define openings between the thermoplastic polymeric members.

Method of making foams using partial molds

Aspects herein are directed to a recyclable, asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile suitable for use in apparel and other articles and methods of making the same. In example aspects, the asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile includes a first face formed, at least in part from a first entangled web of fibers and an opposite second face formed, at least in part from a second entangled web of fibers. When incorporated into an article of apparel, the first face forms an outer-facing surface of the article of apparel, and the second face forms an inner-facing surface of the article of apparel. The first face includes features making it suitable to form the outer-facing surface such as resistance to abrasion, and the second face includes features making it suitable to form an inner-facing surface such as a soft hand.

Recyclable, asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile having varied denier

An apparel printing system for printing on regions of tubular fabrics with repeating patterns includes a textile printer having a print head and a tubular platen that includes features on the platen surface to retain and register the tubular fabric on the platen surface during printing.

Apparel printing system and methods for printing on articles with repeating patterns

An apparel system comprises an article of apparel and an attachment element positionable between first and second layers of the article of apparel. The attachment element may be releasably fastened to the article of apparel. The attachment element may comprise a polymer foam material, a fluid- or gas-filled chamber, or a plate, for example.

Apparel with selectively attachable and detachable elements

The present invention is directed to thermally-insulated garments and methods of forming the same. The garments in accordance with aspects herein have one or more chambers filled with a thermally-insulating fill material. The thermally-insulating fill material includes a plurality of crimped thermally-reflective polymer strands. Each strand in the plurality of crimped thermally-reflective polymer strands is crimped to provide an increased reflective surface area for heat deflection/reflection, breathability, and movability of the thermally-insulated garment.

Thermally-insulated garment

A method of making a foamed article, for example a foamed component for an article or footwear, comprises depositing an unfoamed, thermoplastic polymer onto a support surface in a three-dimensional printing process to form an unfoamed article; heating the article to soften the article and infusing the softened article with at least one inert gas at a first pressure greater than atmospheric pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened article; and reducing the pressure to second pressure below the first pressure while the article is softened to at least partially foam the article, wherein a surface of a partial mold limits foam expansion in at least one direction but less than all directions. The article or a part of the article may be made by printing a thermoplastic polymeric material with a three-dimensional printer in a structure of interconnected, unfoamed, thermoplastic polymeric members spaced to define openings between the thermoplastic polymeric members.

Interconnected thermoplastic articles capable of being foamed

Aspects herein are directed to using a space-treating process to apply functional finishes to a yarn and incorporating the treated yarn into a textile and/or a garment to impart engineered functional properties to the textile and/or garment.

Textiles and garments formed using yarns space-treated with functional finishes

An article of clothing is provided and includes a substrate material including an inner surface and an outer surface disposed on an opposite side of the substrate material than the inner surface. The substrate material forming a body-receiving portion and a limb-receiving portion extending from the body-receiving portion, whereby the body-receiving portion includes a first opening sized for circumscribing a neck of the wearer and the limb-receiving portion includes a second opening sized for circumscribing a limb of the wearer. A flocking material is arranged adjacent the inner surface of the substrate material proximate at least one of the first opening and the second opening.

Article of clothing including a substrate material and a flocking material

A method of making a foamed article comprises (a) injection molding a molten thermoplastic elastomer to form an precursor; (b) crosslinking the thermoplastic elastomer; (c) heating the thermoplastic elastomer to a first temperature to soften the thermoplastic elastomer; (d) infusing the thermoplastic elastomer with at least one inert gas at a first pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened thermoplastic elastomer; and (e) while the article is softened, reducing the pressure to a second pressure below the first pressure to at least partially foam the precursor into a foamed article, wherein the foamed article is substantially the same shape as the precursor.

Method of foaming an injection molded precursor

A method of making a foamed article, for example a foamed component for an article or footwear, comprises forming a structure of interconnected, unfoamed, thermoplastic polymeric members spaced to define openings between the thermoplastic polymeric members. The structure may be made by printing a thermoplastic polymeric material with a three-dimensional printer. The thermoplastic polymeric members are heated to a first temperature to soften the thermoplastic polymeric members and the softened thermoplastic polymeric members are infused with at least one inert gas at a first pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. The first pressure is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened thermoplastic polymeric members. After being infused with the inert gas, the pressure is reduced to at least partially foam the thermoplastic polymeric members.

Method and flexible lattice foams

Aspects herein provide for a remoldable article configured to attenuate or reduce the results of an impact. The article comprises a plate that is remoldable in a temperature range of about 41 degrees Celsius to about 43.3 degrees Celsius.

Remoldable impact-attenuation article

An article of apparel has a surface with a first part of a fastening system, and an attachment element has an outer area with a second part of the fastening system. The first part of the fastening system is joinable to the second part of the fastening system to attach the attachment element to the apparel. The first part of the fastening system is also separable from the second part of the fastening system to separate the attachment element from the apparel. The attachment element may be formed from a polymer foam material, may include a fluid-filled chamber, or may incorporate an electronic device, for example. In some configurations, the attachment element is secured to an exterior of the apparel. In other configurations, the attachment element is secured between two layers of the apparel.

Reflective articles of wear are disclosed. The reflective articles of wear can include an elastomeric material and reflective components coupled to the elastomeric material. The elastomeric material forms a plurality of apertures.

Reflective articles of wear

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David Curtis Turner