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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2017
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Thomas G. Bell, Portland, OR (US);
Robert M. Bruce, Portland, OR (US);
Yuchung Kevin Chen, Portland, OR (US);
Yoon Jeong Choi, Portland, OR (US);
Adam R. Farmer, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Megan Foley, Portland, OR (US);
Oliver McLachian, Beaverton, OR (US);
James Y. Yoo, Portland, OR (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention relate to a dynamic woven material that is capable of undergoing a dimensional change in response to an external stimulus. The dynamic woven material comprises a plurality of discrete woven cells, where each woven cell comprises a reactive region and a non-reactive region. The reactive region changes from a first physical state to a second physical state when the woven material is exposed to the external stimulus. The woven material may be formed with zonal stretch properties by varying the areas occupied by the reactive region and the non-reactive region in each woven cell. For example, the bigger the area occupied by the reactive region in the woven cells in a particular zone of the dynamic woven material, the higher the level of stretch in the particular zone may be. Exemplary products manufactured from the dynamic woven material include, for example, articles of footwear.