Nike, Inc.

Nike Innovate C.v.

Zachary C Wright

Jeremy D Walker

Caleb W Dyer

Denis Schiller

Myron Maurer

Hossein A Baghdadi

Jay Constantinou

Devon Frazier

Isaac Farr

Eun Kyung Lee

Richard L Watkins

Brian G Prevo

Kato Killops

Bhupesh Dua

John Hurd

Eduardo Alberto Gonzalez De Los Santo

Michele Tosello

Carmen Davis

Marc Adler

Chih-Yin Chou

Chun-Wei Kuo

Brian Prevo

The present disclosure, in general, provides for a layered material that can be incorporated in to textiles (e.g., footwear, apparel, sporting equipment, or components of each). In an aspect, the layered material includes an externally facing layer and a thermoplastic hot melt adhesive layer and optionally one or more inner layers between the externally facing layer and the thermoplastic hot melt adhesive layer. The present disclosure provides for articles including the layered material such as footwear, apparel, sporting equipment, a component of an article of sporting equipment, apparel or footwear, including a outsole structure for footwear.

Layered materials, methods of making, methods of use, and articles incorporation the layered materials

An outsole component for use in an article of footwear is manufactured using a molding process that incorporates a second polymeric material with a film component including a first layer formed of a polymeric hydrogel material. The first layer forms the external or ground-facing layer of the outsole. Methods of manufacturing the outsole component, as well as articles of footwear including outsole component and methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear are also described.

Method of manufacturing a component of an outsole for use in an article of footwear

The disclosure relates to articles of footwear () and components thereof, including outsoles (), which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles (). In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear () and components thereof including an outsole () with a material () including a polymeric network formed of a plurality of polymer chains, where the material () defines external ground-facing surface or side of the outsole (). The outsoles () can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear () during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields.

Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance

A variety of plates for footwear are provided including a polyolefin resin. Sole structures and articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier. The effective amount can be an amount effective to allow the resin composition to pass a flex test, and in particular to pass a flex test without significant change in abrasion loss. In some aspects, the resin composition also includes a clarifying agent to improve optical clarity of the plate. In some aspects, the plates include a textile disposed on one or both of a first side and the second side of the plate. The textile can provide for improved bonding of the plate to other components such as a chassis or an upper.

Sole structures including polyolefin plates and articles of footwear formed therefrom

Resin compositions composed of a polyolefin copolymer, a polymeric resin modifier, and a thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) are provided herein. A variety of sole structures for footwear, including plates, are provided including the polyolefin-based resin compositions described herein. Articles of footwear formed therefrom are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin-based resin compositions, plates, sole structures, and articles of footwear and sporting equipment are also provided.

Polyolefin-based resins, sole structures, and articles of footwear and sporting equipment formed therefrom

The present disclosure, in general, provides for elastomeric materials which, when they contact water, take up water reversibly, and undergo a dry to wet 'character change' in which the appearance of the elastomeric material, its physical properties, or both, is altered.

Color change materials, methods of making, methods of use, and articles incorporating the color change materials

Sole structures including a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and an edge portion comprising a second resin are disclosed herein. The edge portion is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Articles of footwear formed from the sole structures are also provided. Methods of making the polyolefin resin compositions, plates, edge portions, sole structures, and articles of footwear are also provided. In some aspects, the first polyolefin resin composition includes an effective amount of a polymeric resin modifier.

Components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment are provided including a foam. A variety of foams and foam components are provided. The articles include a composition having a foam structure, wherein the composition includes an ionomeric polymer and a plurality of cations, wherein the ionomeric copolymer is crosslinked by the cations. The crosslinks are ionic, so in some aspects the composition is free or essentially free of any covalent crosslinks between the ionomers. In particular, midsoles including the foams are provided for use in an article of footwear. Methods of making the compositions and foams are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by injection molding or injection molding followed by compression molding.

Foam ionomer compositions and uses thereof

Disclosed herein are articles of footwear including an upper, a plate including a first polyolefin resin, and a rand are disclosed herein. The rand is coupled with the surface of the upper, the surface of the plate, or both. The rand is more flexible or less rigid than the plate. Methods of making articles of footwear are also provided.

Articles of footwear including sole structures and rand

Polyolefin-based synthetic leather and articles formed therefrom

The disclosure relates to articles and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil. In particular, the articles have substrate body, a tie layer secured to the substrate body, and a material including a hydrogel secured to the tie layer. The material can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil during use. The presence of the tie layer can minimize or prevent delamination of the hydrogel containing material during normal use.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Zachary C Wright