ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,745, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Textile having insulation zones and pile zones" was invented by Baron C. Brandt (Portland, Ore.), Dallas Lund (Beaverton, 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 textile, and garments produced from the textile, having one or more insulation zones and one or more pile zones where the pile zones seamlessly extend from the insulation zones. The textile includes a first woven layer, a second woven layer, and a nonwoven layer positioned between the first and second woven layers. In the insulation zone, ...