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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2022
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Todd A. Waatti, Battleground, WA (US);
Yoav Sterman, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/118 (2017.08); B29C 65/002 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for bonding a yarn to a wearable article includes bonding the yarn to the wearable article at a first portion and a second portion. A first bonding location and a second bonding location are spaced apart from one another on a surface of the wearable article and an intermediate portion of the yarn extends contiguously between the first bonding location and the second bonding location and is not bonded to the wearable article.