Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of manufacturing an article of footwear with multiple hardnesses
- Patent Title (中): 制造具有多重硬度的鞋类制品的方法
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Application No.: US12466559Application Date: 2009-05-15
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Publication No.: US08545743B2Publication Date: 2013-10-01
- Inventor: Jeffrey C. Spanks , Eric P. Avar , Tom Luedecke , Chiung Yao Lynn Chang
- Applicant: Jeffrey C. Spanks , Eric P. Avar , Tom Luedecke , Chiung Yao Lynn Chang
- Applicant Address: US OR Beaverton
- Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Beaverton
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Main IPC: B29C45/14
- IPC: B29C45/14 ; B29C65/02

Abstract:
A method of forming an article of footwear includes injecting a first material into a first cavity of a mold assembly to form a sole assembly, injecting a second material into a second cavity of the mold assembly, a first last being suspended within the second cavity, to form an upper of the article of footwear about the first last. The upper and the sole assembly are positioned in contact with one another. The upper and the sole assembly are cured and bonded together to form an article of footwear. The article of footwear is removed from the mold assembly and from the first last and allowed to expand to a first size. The article of footwear is placed on a second last having a second size that is smaller than the first size, and heated and cooled until it shrinks to the second size.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100287788A1 Article of Footwear with Multiple Hardnesses and Method of Manufacture Public/Granted day:2010-11-18
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