US Patent Issued to NIKE on July 1 for "Nonwoven textile with non-linear entangled seams suitable for garments" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,885, issued on July 1, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Nonwoven textile with non-linear entangled seams suitable for garments" was invented by Baron C. Brandt (Portland, Ore.), Dallas Lund (Portland, Ore.) and Andrea J. Staub (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein are directed to a composite nonwoven textile that includes non-linear entangled seams and method and systems for producing the same. The composite nonwoven textile includes at least a first nonwoven layer, a second layer, and a fill material positioned between the first nonwoven layer and the second layer. When the composite nonwoven text...