ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,938, issued on June 10, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Nonwoven entanglement system and methods of manufacture" 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 textile is formed...