Patent ID: 11925240
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B  D | IPC A  D

Claim 0:
1. A method of manufacturing an article, the method comprising:
positioning a first textile sheet against a second textile sheet;
stitching an outline of a predetermined pattern on the first textile sheet using a threaded needle;
after stitching the outline, controlling an embroidery machine such that the embroidery machine reciprocates a single unthreaded needle supported by a needle drive of the embroidery machine through the first textile sheet and the second textile sheet, wherein the reciprocating single unthreaded needle is within the outline and forces fibers of the second textile sheet through the first textile sheet so that the fibers of the second textile sheet are arranged in the predetermined pattern at the first textile sheet and have terminal ends extending outward of an exterior side of the first textile sheet through which the fibers of the second textile sheet are forced; and
wherein the reciprocating single unthreaded needle does not create stitches.