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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
James C. Whitley, San Francisco, CA (US);
John J. Baker, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kathryn P. Crews, San Francisco, CA (US);
Yoji Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein may take the form of a textile fabric, including: a first region defined by a first plurality of textile fibers; a second region adjacent the first region and being formed from a second plurality of textile fibers and a hot melt material adjacent the second plurality of textile fibers; wherein the first region is free of hot melt material. Other embodiments may take the form of a method for fabricating a textile product, including the operations of: applying heat to a textile having associated hot melt fibers, thereby melting the hot melt fibers; modifying a mechanical property of a portion of the textile by introducing a solvent to the textile; and stopping an action of the solvent on the textile when the mechanical property reaches a target.