Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a sporting goods component including the steps of: selecting a first textile, wherein the first textile has a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; forming a first portion of the component using the first textile; selecting a second textile, wherein the second textile has a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio; forming a second portion of the component using the second textile; and attaching the first textile and the second textile together.

Abstract: A composite includes a first substrate and a second substrate joined in a bonding region, wherein the first substrate comprises a first Peak Force Tensile Strength and the second Peak Force Tensile Strength. The first Peak Force Tensile Strength is greater than or equal to the second Peak Force Tensile Strength. The bonding region has a Bond Density of about 10% to about 22%; and a Composite Tensile Strength at Peak Force that is within about 15% of the second Peak Force Tensile Strength.

Abstract: A composite includes a first substrate and a second substrate joined in a bonding region, wherein the first substrate comprises a first Peak Force Tensile Strength and the second Peak Force Tensile Strength. The first Peak Force Tensile Strength is greater than or equal to the second Peak Force Tensile Strength. The bonding region has a Bond Density of about 10% to about 22%; and a Composite Tensile Strength at Peak Force that is within about 15% of the second Peak Force Tensile Strength.

Abstract: A system includes a power manager, where the power manager includes a direct current (DC) to DC converter. The DC to DC converter includes a first driver configured to provide a voltage at a first power level. The DC to DC converter also includes a second driver configured to provide the voltage at a second power level, where the second power level is lower than the first power level. The system also includes a radar sensor configured to receive the voltage. The system further includes a controller configured to instruct the power manager to switch between the first driver and the second driver based at least in part on an activity level of the radar sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles with waist panels configured with physical properties for mitigating assembly complications. In some configurations, a waist panel comprises a longitudinal bending stiffness with peak load of at least about 0.19 N; a machine direction web modulus at 2% of at least about 72 N/%; a tensile load at peak of at least about 7 N/cm, as measured according to a MD tensile test; and/or a thickness of least about 0.4 mm, as measured according to Thickness Test. Such physical properties may help prevent and/or reduce instances of manufacturing problems and/or defective products during assembly by: enhancing the ability to consistently cut desired machine direction lengths of waist panels; reducing the possibility of a waist panel to undesirably fold back onto itself during assembly; enhancing the ability to absorb heat without damage and more consistently transfer discrete elastic parts between transformation apparatuses.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes positioning an upper on a last that defines openings connected by one or more channels in the last, injecting a material through the one or more channels in the last, and forming a structure on the upper with the material.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes positioning an upper on a last that defines openings connected by one or more channels in the last, injecting a material through the one or more channels in the last, and forming a structure on the upper with the material.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a sporting goods component including the steps of: selecting a first textile, wherein the first textile has a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; forming a first portion of the component using the first textile; selecting a second textile, wherein the second textile has a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio; forming a second portion of the component using the second textile; and attaching the first textile and the second textile together.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a sporting goods component including the steps of: selecting a first textile, wherein the first textile has a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; forming a first portion of the component using the first textile; selecting a second textile, wherein the second textile has a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio; forming a second portion of the component using the second textile; and attaching the first textile and the second textile together.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes positioning an upper on a last that defines openings connected by one or more channels in the last, injecting a material through the one or more channels in the last, and forming a structure on the upper with the material.

Abstract: A sound system is shown in the form of a speaker in a speaker box or a media chair. In either embodiment a frame may include a back chamber and a front chamber. In the media chair, a seat support may be coupled to a support adjacent to the front chamber, the seat support may support the weight of a user. The front chamber may be at least partially defined side walls. Walls around the front chamber may be substantially continuous in construction and extend beyond the speaker so as to be able to temporarily maintain an internal sound energy greater than the sound energy outside of the front chamber. The speaker may generate the sound energy.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes positioning an upper on a last that defines openings connected by one or more channels in the last, injecting a material through the one or more channels in the last, and forming a structure on the upper with the material.

Abstract: A composite includes a first substrate and a second substrate joined in a bonding region, wherein the first substrate comprises a first Peak Force Tensile Strength and the second Peak Force Tensile Strength. The first Peak Force Tensile Strength is greater than or equal to the second Peak Force Tensile Strength. The bonding region has a Bond Density of about 10% to about 22%; and a Composite Tensile Strength at Peak Force that is within about 15% of the second Peak Force Tensile Strength.

Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material. The absorbent article further comprises a distribution material between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The distribution material is notionally divided in a front region, a back region and a middle region located between the front and the back region. Each of the front, back and middle regions is ? of the length of the distribution material. At least one of the front, back and middle regions of the distribution material comprises one or more layers. The one or more layers of the distribution material comprise a fibrous structure made of wet-laid fibers.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a sporting goods component including the steps of: selecting a first textile, wherein the first textile has a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; forming a first portion of the component using the first textile; selecting a second textile, wherein the second textile has a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio; forming a second portion of the component using the second textile; and attaching the first textile and the second textile together.

Abstract: A sound system is shown in the form of a speaker in a speaker box or a media chair. In either embodiment a frame may include a back chamber and a front chamber. In the media chair, a seat support may be coupled to a support adjacent to the front chamber, the seat support may support the weight of a user. The front chamber may be at least partially defined side walls. Walls around the front chamber may be substantially continuous in construction and extend beyond the speaker so as to be able to temporarily maintain an internal sound energy greater than the sound energy outside of the front chamber. The speaker may generate the sound energy.

Abstract: Low basis weight films having a heat capacity×density value of greater than about 970,000 Ws/m3K, as measured by the method described herein, the films having a basis weight of less than about 16 gsm and comprising at least about 10% polypropylene.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plug that includes a head and a tapered body extending from the head at a first end and terminating in a base at a second end. The tapered body tapers from a first relatively larger diameter near the first end to a second relatively smaller diameter near the base. The tapered body includes an exterior surface that includes annular frusto-conical ridges.

Abstract: The invention relates to a specification for an internet enabled device or application, the specification comprises one or more functional interfaces, defining attributes or operating characteristics of said device or application, and said specification defines the overall capabilities of said device or application. The invention also relates to a functional interface which defines attributes or operating characteristics of said device or application, as well as a central storage repository for use in a network wherein said central storage repository stores a specification for each device and/or application and/or the at least one server; the specification is comprised of one or more functional interfaces, and said central repository is easily accessible and a method of enabling communication between devices and/or applications and/or a server within a network the network comprising at least one client device and/or client application and at least one server.