Methods of assembling apparel products having cycloalkene adhesives

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655397-B1
Application number	US-202217810194-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jun 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 30, 2022
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

Embodiments provide methods for assembling an apparel product. The methods include applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product. The methods include coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition. The major component forms a base portion of the apparel product and is configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer. The minor component forms a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive. The major component and/or minor component includes a recyclable material. The methods include converting the composition to the adhesive. The adhesive includes a material having a cycloalkene bond.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of assembling an apparel product, comprising:
applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product;
coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition, the major component forming a base portion of the apparel product and configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer, and the minor component forming a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive, the major component and/or minor component comprising recyclable material; and
converting the composition to the adhesive to form the apparel product, the adhesive comprising a material having a cycloalkene bond, wherein the composition further comprises about 70 wt. % to about 85 wt. % 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate (EHMA) and about 3 wt. % to about 15 wt. % ethyl methacrylate (EMA).

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising doping the adhesive with particles capable of absorbing electromagnetic energy and converting the electromagnetic energy to thermal energy.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the particles comprise an iron-containing or copper-containing material.

4. A method of assembling an apparel product, comprising:
applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product;
coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition, the major component forming a base portion of the apparel product and configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer, and the minor component forming a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive, the major component and/or minor component comprising recyclable material; and
converting the composition to the adhesive to form the apparel product, the adhesive comprising a material having a cycloalkene bond, wherein the composition further comprises about 2 wt. % to about 10 wt. % methyl methacrylate (MMA) and about 0 wt. % to about 30 wt. % furfuryl methacrylate (FFMA).

5. A method of assembling an apparel product, comprising:
applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product;
coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition, the major component forming a base portion of the apparel product and configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer, and the minor component forming a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive, the major component and/or minor component comprising recyclable material; and
converting the composition to the adhesive to form the apparel product, the adhesive comprising a material having a cycloalkene bond, wherein the composition further comprises about 1 wt. % to about 7 wt. % acrylic acid (AA) and about 0.1 wt. % to about 1 wt. % n-dodecyl mercaptan (n-DDM).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the composition is applied at a thickness of about
0.025 mm to about 5 mm.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the composition comprises reducing a temperature of the composition.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the composition comprises applying a force by pressing the portion of the major component against the portion of the minor component.

9. A method of assembling an apparel product, comprising:
applying a composition to a portion of a major component of the apparel product or a portion of a minor component of the apparel product;
doping the composition with magnetic particles after applying the composition to the portion of the major component or the portion of the minor product;
coupling the portion of the minor component with the portion of the major component via the composition, the major component forming a base portion of the apparel product and configured to be supported and worn at least partially over a portion of a wearer, and the minor component forming a secondary portion configured to be coupled to the major component with an adhesive; and
converting the composition to the adhesive to form the apparel product, the adhesive comprising a material having a cycloalkene bond, wherein the composition further comprises a polymer having a weight average molecular weight of about 10,000 q/mol to about 250,000 q/mol.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein applying the composition comprises applying the composition by a heat gun, printing, spraying, painting, dipping, roll on, screen printing, or combinations thereof.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the adhesive comprises a T-peel strength of about 10 N/cm-width to about 50 N/cm-width.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein doping comprises forming a concentration of magnetic particles that is highest at a center third of a thickness of the composition, the thickness of the composition is measured from the major component to the minor component.

Assignees

• CreateMe Technologies LLC

Inventors

• Becer Caglar Remzi
• Mackinnon Daniel John
• Li Yongqiang

Classifications

• C09J2433/00

  Presence of (meth)acrylic polymer · CPC title

• C09J2400/263

  in the substrate · CPC title

• C09J2203/358

  for garments and textiles · CPC title

• A41H43/04

  Joining garment parts or blanks by gluing or welding (mending garments by adhesives or adhesive patches A41H27/00) {; Gluing presses} · CPC title

• C09J133/10 Primary

  Homopolymers or copolymers of methacrylic acid esters · CPC title