Nike patents layered printing method for textured textile components
Nike describes a method for creating textured surfaces on fabrics by screen printing a thick, viscous polyurethane layer followed by a thinner layer. The process uses specific chemical mixtures with different thicknesses to build up patterns on the material.
In the filing’s own words
A printing method includes: (A) screen printing a first print media material onto a substrate, the first print media material including at least: a polyurethane material, water, a cross-linker material, and a rheological modifier and having a viscosity within a range of 40,000 to 80,000 centipoise; and (B) thereafter, screen printing a second print media material onto an exposed surface of the first print media material, the second print media material including at least: a polyurethane material, water, and a cross-linker material and having has a viscosity within a range of 3500 to 10,000 centipoise. In some examples, the substrate to which the first print media material is applied may have a previously applied print media material fixed to it (from a print media material including at least: polyurethane material, water, cross-linker material, and rheological modifier and having a viscosity within a range of 85,000 to 500,000 centipoise).
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method, comprising: screen printing a first print media material onto a substrate, the first print media material including at least: a polyurethane material, water, a cross-linker material, and a rheological modifier, wherein the first print media material has a viscosity within a range of 40,000 to 80,000 centipoise; and thereafter, screen printing a second print media material onto an exposed surface of the first print media material, the second print media material including at least: a polyurethane material, water, and a cross-linker material, wherein the second print media material has a viscosity within a range of 3500 to 10,000 centipoise.
Facts
- Company
- Nike (NIKE, Inc.)
- Official title
- Textile Components and/or Other Articles Including Printed Structures, Methods of Making These Articles, and Products Including Such Articles
- Publication number
- US20260257507A1
- Application number
- 19555286
- Filed
- Mar 3, 2026
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 24
Classified under
B41M 1/18 Operations & transportB41M 1/26 Operations & transportB41P 2200/40 Operations & transportMore from Nike in Materials & manufacturing
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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