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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 12310453 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 23, 2017

Layered product with functional membrane, footwear comprising such layered product, and manufacturing method

Applicant:

W.l. Gore & Associates Gmbh, Putzbrunn, DE;

Inventors:

Günter Kiederle, Oberpframmern, DE;

Stane Nabernik, Kranj, SI;

Maximilan Muth, Unterhaching, DE;

Assignee:

W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH, Putzbrunn, DE;

Attorney:

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Eli D Strah

Assistant Examiner:

Thomas J Kessler

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/34 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/106 (2017.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/022 (2013.01); A43B 7/12 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/34 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29C 64/106 (2017.08); B29L 2031/505 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0261 (2013.01); B32B 2305/02 (2013.01); B32B 2307/724 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12);
Abstract

A layered product () comprises a waterproof and water vapor permeable membrane () having a first side () and a second side (), the membrane comprising a membrane material () which is waterproof and water vapor permeable, and thermoplastic material () which covers at least a portion of the first side () of the membrane () and is formed by at least one three-dimensional build layer (-to-) printed onto the first side () of the membrane such that the thermoplastic material () of the at least one three-dimensional build layer (-to-) is bonded to the membrane material () of the membrane. The layered product can be part of footwear, such as a bootie or upper material.

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