发明人：
ADAMI, GIOVANNI | AMIS, SAM | BIANCONI, MIRKO | CAVALIERE, SERGIO | CHEN, YUCHUNG K. | GREEN, JESSICA | HIPP, STEPHEN | HURD, JOHN | MCLACHLAN, OLIVER | MENENGHINI, NICOLAS | MOLYNEUX, JAMES | PINI, PIERANGELO | RUSHBROOK, THOMAS J. | SMITH, TIMOTHY J. | WINCEK, CHRISTIANNA
摘要：
An article, comprising: a first reflowed material; and a second element selected from a second shaped component, a second film, a second textile, a second yarn, or a second fiber. The first reflowed material is a melted and re-solidified product of a first element selected from a first shaped component, a first film, a first yarn, a first fiber, a first textile, or any combination thereof. The article comprises a dyed first element, a dyed second element, or a combination thereof, wherein the dyed first element is an anionic dyed first element, the dyed second element is an anionic dyed second element, or a combination thereof. Also related articles and processes.
权利要求：
1. An article of wear or a component for use in an article of wear, comprising: a first reflowed material; and a second element selected from a second shaped component, a second film, a second textile, a second yarn, or a second fiber; wherein the first reflowed material is a melted and re-solidified product of a first element selected from a first shaped component, a first film, a first yarn, a first fiber, a first textile, or any combination thereof; wherein the first reflowed material comprises a low processing temperature polymeric composition, the low processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more first thermoplastic polymers and exhibiting a melting temperature Tm that is from 80 °C to 135 °C; wherein the second element comprises a high processing temperature composition, the high processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more second thermoplastic polymers; wherein the high processing temperature polymeric composition exhibits: 1) a creep relaxation temperature Tcr; 2) a heat deflection temperature Thd; and 3) a Vicat softening temperature Tvs that are each at least 10 °C greater than the melting temperature Tm of the low processing temperature polymeric composition; and wherein the article or component comprises an anionic dyed first element, an anionic dyed second element, or a combination thereof, and wherein the article or component optionally further comprises one or more of: 1) the first film, the first textile, the second shaped component, the second film, or the second textile, or combinations thereof, comprising a first printed marking on at least a portion thereof; 2) the first film, the first textile, the second film, or the second textile, or combinations thereof, comprising embroidery on at least a portion thereon; and 3) a first reflowed material comprising a second printed marking on at least a portion thereof; wherein, while at least a portion of the first element and at least a portion of the second element were on a molding surface, the temperature of the entire article was increased to a temperature that is above the melting temperature Tm of the low processing temperature polymeric composition and below: 1) the creep relaxation temperature Tcr; 2) the heat deflection temperature Thd; and 3) the Vicat softening temperature Tvs of the high processing temperature polymeric composition.
2. The article or component according to claim 1, wherein the article or component includes 1) the first film, the first textile, the second shaped component, the second film, or the second textile, or combinations thereof, comprising a first printed marking on at least a portion thereof.
3. The article or component according to claim 1, wherein the article or component includes 2) the first film, the first textile, the second film, or the second textile, or combinations thereof, comprising embroidery on at least a portion thereon.
4. The article or component according to claim 3, wherein the embroidery of the first film, the first textile, the second film, or the second textile, or combinations thereof includes a second reflowed material comprising a low processing temperature composition comprising at least one third thermoplastic polymer.
5. The article or component according to claim 1, wherein the article or component includes 3) a first reflowed material comprising a second printed marking on at least a portion thereof.
6. The article or component according to claim 1, wherein the one or more first thermoplastic polymers comprise one or more thermoplastic polyamides, or one or more thermoplastic polyurethanes, or both.
7. The article or component according to claim 1, wherein the first reflowed material comprises a dye, and the second element is substantially free of the dye.
8. The article or component of claim 1, which is a combination upper and outsole, and the combination upper and outsole includes a medial midfoot area, a lateral midfoot area, a ground-facing outsole area, and at least a portion of the first re-flowed material is present on the ground-facing outsole area.
9. The article or component according to claim 8, wherein the at least a portion of the first re-flowed material is on at least about 40% of the ground-facing outsole area.
10. A process for manufacturing an article, the process comprising: receiving a first element selected from a first shaped component, a first film, a first textile, a first yarn, and a first fiber; and/or receiving a second element selected from a second shaped component, a second film, a second textile, a second yarn, or a second fiber; wherein the first element comprises a low processing temperature polymeric composition, the low processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more first thermoplastic polymers and exhibiting a melting temperature Tm that is from 80 °C to 135 °C, wherein the second element comprises a high processing temperature polymeric composition, the high processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more second thermoplastic polymers, and wherein the high processing temperature polymeric composition exhibits: 1) a creep relaxation temperature Tcr; 2) a heat deflection temperature Thd; and 3) a Vicat softening temperature Tvs that is at least 10 °C greater than the melting temperature Tm of the low processing temperature polymeric composition; placing at least a portion of the first element and at least a portion of the second element on a molding surface; while the at least a portion of the first element and the at least a portion of the second element is on the molding surface, increasing a temperature of the entire article to a temperature that is above the melting temperature Tm of the low processing temperature polymeric composition and below: 1) the creep relaxation temperature Tcr; 2) the heat deflection temperature Thd; and 3) the Vicat softening temperature Tvs of the high processing temperature polymeric composition; and subsequent to the increasing the temperature of the entire article, while the at least a portion of the article remains on the molding surface, decreasing the temperature of the entire article to a temperature below the melting temperature Tm of the low processing temperature polymeric composition; thereby forming an article comprising a first reflowed material; wherein the first reflowed material is a melted and re-solidified product of the first element selected from the first shaped component, the first film, the first yarn, the first fiber, the first textile, or any combination thereof; wherein the first reflowed material comprises a low processing temperature polymeric composition, the low processing temperature polymeric composition comprising one or more first thermoplastic polymers; wherein the process further comprises dyeing the first fiber, first yarn, first shaped component, the first film, the first textile, the second fiber, the second yarn, the second shaped component, the second film, the second textile, the first reflowed material, the article, or combinations thereof, by immersing the article in an anionic acid dye solution.
11. The process according to claim 10, wherein the process comprises immersing an entire outer surface area of the article in a dye solution, or spraying an entire outer surface area of the article with a dye solution, or both.