Patent ID: 9682512
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A41D,A43B,B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,D02G,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An article comprising: a first material element comprising at least ninety-five percent of a first thermoplastic polymer material, the first material element being one of a woven textile and a knitted textile; a second material element; and a seam where a strand extends through each of the first material element and the second material element, the strand being at least partially formed from a second thermoplastic polymer material, wherein the first material element is thermal bonded to the second material element with the first thermoplastic polymer material at the seam, and the strand is thermal bonded to the first material element and the second material element with the second thermoplastic polymer material at the seam, and wherein the thickness of the seam is less than or equal to the combined thickness of the first material element and the second material element before they are thermal bonded to each other.