METHODS OF JOINING TEXTILES AND OTHER ELEMENTS INCORPORATING A THERMOPLASTIC POLYMER MATERIAL

摘要

The present invention relates to an article comprising:
a first textile element at least partially formed from a first thermoplastic polymer material;
a second textile element; and
a seam where (a) the first textile element and the second textile element are thermal bonded to each other with the first thermoplastic polymer material and (b) a second thermoplastic polymer material is thermal bonded to the first textile element and the second textile element, a melting temperature of the second thermoplastic polymer material being lower than a melting temperature of the first thermoplastic polymer material