FOOTWEAR INCLUDING NONWOVEN FABRIC ELEMENT

• Main Authors: HAWKINSON KAREN A, DUA BHUPESH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 04.11.2016
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES; BRAIDING; CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; COTTON-WOOL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FINISHING, DRESSING, TENTERING OR STRETCHING TEXTILE FABRICS; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FOOTWEAR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; LAUNDERING; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; OUTERWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; TRIMMINGS; WADDING; WEARING APPAREL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To impart different characteristics to various regions of a product while decreasing the number of elements and materials used in the product.SOLUTION: A nonwoven fabric can be formed from a plurality of thermoplastic polymer filaments. The nonwoven fabric has a first region and a second region. The filaments of the first region may be fused to a greater fusion degree than the filaments of the second region. The nonwoven fabric can be incorporated in various products, such as clothing (for example, shirts, trousers, and footwear). In some of these products, the nonwoven fabric is joined with another fabric element to form a seam. Specifically, an end edge region of the nonwoven fabric may be thermally fused to an end edge region of the other fabric element at the seam. The products may be such that the nonwoven fabric is joined with another component regardless of whether it is a fabric or not.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】製品に使用される要素や材料の数を減らしつつ、製品の様々な領域に異なる特性を付与する。【解決手段】不織布帛は、複数の熱可塑性ポリマーフィラメントから形成することができる。この不織布帛は、第１の領域と第２の領域とを有し、第１の領域のフィラメントは、第２の領域のフィラメントよりも高融着度で融着されていてもよい。不織布帛は、衣料品（例えば、シャツ、ズボン、履物）など、様々な製品に組み込むことができる。この様な製品の中には、不織布帛が、他の布帛要素と結合されて、継ぎ目を形成するものもある。具体的には、不織布帛の端縁領域が、この継ぎ目において、他の布帛要素の端縁領域に熱融着されていてもよい。また、布帛であってもなくても、他の部材に不織布帛が結合された製品であってもよい。【選択図】図３