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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2017
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Hossein A. Baghdadi, Portland, OR (US);
Caleb W. Dyer, Beaverton, OR (US);
Myron Maurer, West Linn, OR (US);
Denis Schiller, Vancouver, WA (US);
Jeremy D. Walker, Portland, OR (US);
Zachary C. Wright, Beaverton, OR (US);
Marc Adler, Phoenixville, PA (US);
NIKE, INC., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
An article of manufacture has an external surface at least partly defined by a material compositionally comprising a polymeric hydrogel that takes up water when wetted. The hydrogel-containing material is effective in reducing soil accumulation on, and/or for reducing soil adhesion to, an article designed for a variety of uses, such as transportation, vehicle safety, storage, recreation, leisure, waste disposal, construction, gardening, or traffic control.