61 |
Article of Footwear with a Stretchable Upper and an Articulated Sole Structure |
US14611698 |
2015-02-02 |
US20150143641A1 |
2015-05-28 |
Tobie D. Hatfield; Eric P. Avar; Jeffrey C. Pisciotta; James Meschter; Kevin Hoffer; Stann Norman Richard Sheperd; Todd Anthony Waatti |
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes at least one of a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure. The upper may include an exterior layer and an interior layer. The exterior layer forms at least a portion of an exterior of the upper, and the exterior layer includes a plurality of incisions that extend through the exterior layer. The interior layer is located adjacent an inner surface of the exterior layer, and the interior layer is exposed through the incisions. The sole structure may include a connecting portion and a plurality of discrete sole elements. The connecting portion is positioned adjacent the upper and may extend along a longitudinal length of the upper. The sole elements extend from the connecting portion, and the sole elements are separated by a plurality of sipes that extend upward into the sole structure. |
62 |
Methods of manufacturing articles of footwear with tensile strand elements |
US13404483 |
2012-02-24 |
US08925129B2 |
2015-01-06 |
Frederick J. Dojan; Shane S. Kohatsu; James Hwang; Daniel A. Johnson |
An upper for an article of footwear may have material layers and a plurality of strand segments. The material layers are located adjacent to each other and in an overlapping configuration, and the material layers are located in a lace region and a lower region of the upper. The strand segments extend from the lace region to the lower region. The strand segments may be located and secured between the material layers in the lace region and the lower region. The strand segments may form both an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper in an area between the lace region and the lower region. The material layers may define an opening between the lace region and the lower region, and the strand segments extend across the opening. |
63 |
ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A POLYGON LUG SOLE PATTERN |
US14459689 |
2014-08-14 |
US20140352083A1 |
2014-12-04 |
Eric P. AVAR; Kevin W. HOFFER; Tobie D. HATFIELD |
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include one or more of: (a) an upper; (b) a sole structure including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole having a plurality of polygonal lugs arranged about a base surface of the outsole. The outsole may include one or more regions wherein the characteristics of a portion of the lugs within a region differ from the characteristics of a portion of the lugs in another region. The lugs may differ, for example based on size, construction and/or spacing between the lugs. Methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear also are disclosed. |
64 |
Methods Of Manufacturing Articles Of Footwear With Tensile Strand Elements |
US13404483 |
2012-02-24 |
US20130219636A1 |
2013-08-29 |
Frederick J. Dojan; Shane S. Kohatsu; James Hwang; Daniel A. Johnson |
An upper for an article of footwear may have material layers and a plurality of strand segments. The material layers are located adjacent to each other and in an overlapping configuration, and the material layers are located in a lace region and a lower region of the upper. The strand segments extend from the lace region to the lower region. The strand segments may be located and secured between the material layers in the lace region and the lower region. The strand segments may form both an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper in an area between the lace region and the lower region. The material layers may define an opening between the lace region and the lower region, and the strand segments extend across the opening. |
65 |
LAYERED PRODUCT FOR LASER BONDING, SHOE, AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SHOE |
US13502123 |
2009-10-15 |
US20120204446A1 |
2012-08-16 |
Junichiro Tateishi; Katsuhiro Imazato; Sadaki Mori; Kenichi Harano; Hironori Kitayama |
A laminate for laser bonding of the present invention contains a bonding sheet that is melted by irradiation of laser light and a first member laminated on one surface of the bonding sheet and formed of a thermoplastic foam. The difference between the melting point of the first member (Mfoam) and the melting point of the bonding sheet (Msheet) (Mfoam−Msheet) is −50° C. to 20° C. and the difference between the melt viscosity of the first member (Vfoam) and the melt viscosity of the bonding sheet (Vsheet) (Vfoam−Vsheet) is 3.0×105 Pa·s to 8.0×105 Pa·s. Preferably, the laminate for laser bonding contains a second member having transparency to laser light laminated on the other surface of the bonding sheet. |
66 |
FOOTWEAR ITEM AND METHODS USING STROBEL STITCHING |
US15968455 |
2018-05-01 |
US20180317605A1 |
2018-11-08 |
Peter Bastianelli; Chad Kelly |
An item of footwear including an outsole secured to an upper is provided. A bootie is attached to the infill panel. The bootie and infill panel combine to form a cavity receiving the wearer's foot. The bootie is provided by a single air permeable, moisture vapor permeable, and waterproof sheet formed from a plurality of layers of material laminated together. The sheet forms at least one edge portion extending, at least one time, a distance between a toe end and a heel end of the bootie. A protection strip is attached to the outer surface of the sheet adjacent the at least one edge portion. A stitching seam is formed by a thread-type material securing the at least one edge portion of the bootie adjacent an outer peripheral edge portion of the infill panel. The thread-type material extends through the protection strip and the infill panel to form the seam. |
67 |
Method for manufacturing an integrally-formed shoe having no machine sewing |
US14827816 |
2015-08-17 |
US09986780B2 |
2018-06-05 |
Kurt Lien |
An integrally-formed shoe having no machine sewing and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A structure of the shoe includes: a lining sock body that uses a knitting manner and includes an opening; and a surface sock body that uses a knitting manner and includes an opening and a sole, where the opening of the lining sock body is nested inside the surface sock body; the two sock bodies are properly mounted on a sock machine; low melting point yarn and nylon elastic filament are mixed into knitting of the lining sock body; low melting point yarn, nylon elastic filament, and set yarn are mixed into knitting of the surface sock body; after the sock machine weaves and molds the two sock bodies into a whole, a hollow mold is nested inside the surface sock body; the whole is heated and baked to slightly damage surface tissues of the yarn, and is then cooled to make the set yarn in knitwear be reorganized and extended according to the shape of an external fixing mold, to present a predetermined pattern; and after the surface sock body presents the predetermined pattern, the sole is directly bonded to the bottom of the surface sock body so as to achieve bonding of the sole and the surface sock body, to complete the integrally-formed shoe having no machine sewing, so that a user feels more comfortable due to no machine sewing. |
68 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINING A SOLE ELEMENT WITH AN UPPER ELEMENT |
US15803034 |
2017-11-03 |
US20180125155A1 |
2018-05-10 |
Giridharan Kirupanantham; Clemens Paul Dyckmans; Christian Albert Schilling; Steffen Mann; Michael Jauch |
A method for joining a sole element with an upper element includes the steps of (a) operating a positioning system to position the sole element and the upper element in a defined first position with respect to each other, (b) operating the positioning system to position the sole element and the upper element in a second position for applying a joining agent to the sole element and/or the upper element and (c) joining the sole element with the upper element by operating the positioning system to position the sole element in contact with the upper element in a third position of the positioning system, wherein the third position is defined with respect to the first position. |
69 |
Article of footwear incorporating foam-filled elements and methods for manufacturing the foam-filled elements |
US15187551 |
2016-06-20 |
US09955751B2 |
2018-05-01 |
Klaas P. Hazenberg; Eric S. Schindler |
An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure has a plurality of support elements, and each of the support elements include a shell and a core. The shell defines an interior void and is formed from a polymer material that extends around substantially all of the void. The core has a shape of the void and is located within the void, with at least a portion of the core being a polymer foam material. The polymer foam material of at least two of the support elements may have different densities. |
70 |
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANUFACTURING SHOES |
US15602452 |
2017-05-23 |
US20170340067A1 |
2017-11-30 |
Clemens Paul Dyckmans; Jan Hill; Carsten Landeck; Gerd Rainer Manz; Tru Huu Minh Le; Daniel Stephen Price; Paul Leonard Michael Smith; Christopher Edward Holmes |
Described are a method and a system for automatically manufacturing shoes. The method includes automatically manufacturing a plurality of soles in a first station and automatically manufacturing a plurality of uppers in a second station, wherein the first and the second station are operating in parallel and are arranged in a common facility so that a manufactured sole and a manufactured upper can be transported to a joining station and be automatically joined there. |
71 |
METHOD FOR PATCH PLACEMENT AND ARTICLES PRODUCED |
US15374860 |
2016-12-09 |
US20170188664A1 |
2017-07-06 |
Gerd Rainer MANZ; Jan HILL; Clemens Paul DYCKMANS; Paul Leonard Michael SMITH; Zachary Clinton COONROD; Stuart David REINHARDT; Thomas HOEWELMANN; Peter AUL; Stefan KALLFASS; Thomas BETZITZA; Jan KELLER; Martin STEYER |
The present invention refers to a method for the manufacture of sporting goods, in particular shoes, comprising the steps of providing a plurality of components in one of a plurality of predefined shapes, and placing the plurality of components onto a two-dimensional or three-dimensional carrier surface to create the sporting good or a part thereof. |
72 |
Methods of manufacturing articles of footwear with tensile strand elements |
US14552645 |
2014-11-25 |
US09427047B2 |
2016-08-30 |
Frederick J. Dojan; Shane S. Kohatsu; Chin-Chen Huang; Daniel A. Johnson |
An upper for an article of footwear may have material layers and a plurality of strand segments. The material layers are located adjacent to each other and in an overlapping configuration, and the material layers are located in a lace region and a lower region of the upper. The strand segments extend from the lace region to the lower region. The strand segments may be located and secured between the material layers in the lace region and the lower region. The strand segments may form both an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper in an area between the lace region and the lower region. The material layers may define an opening between the lace region and the lower region, and the strand segments extend across the opening. |
73 |
INTEGRALLY-FORMED SHOE HAVING NO MACHINE SEWING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF |
US14827816 |
2015-08-17 |
US20160044985A1 |
2016-02-18 |
Kurt Lien |
An integrally-formed shoe having no machine sewing and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A structure of the shoe includes: a lining sock body that uses a knitting manner and includes an opening; and a surface sock body that uses a knitting manner and includes an opening and a sole, where the opening of the lining sock body is nested inside the surface sock body; the two sock bodies are properly mounted on a sock machine; low melting point yarn and nylon elastic filament are mixed into knitting of the lining sock body; low melting point yarn, nylon elastic filament, and set yarn are mixed into knitting of the surface sock body; after the sock machine weaves and molds the two sock bodies into a whole, a hollow mold is nested inside the surface sock body; the whole is heated and baked to slightly damage surface tissues of the yarn, and is then cooled to make the set yarn in knitwear be reorganized and extended according to the shape of an external fixing mold, to present a predetermined pattern; and after the surface sock body presents the predetermined pattern, the sole is directly bonded to the bottom of the surface sock body so as to achieve bonding of the sole and the surface sock body, to complete the integrally-formed shoe having no machine sewing, so that a user feels more comfortable due to no machine sewing. |
74 |
Stockfit assembly fixture for shoe production |
US13122707 |
2009-09-28 |
US09095191B2 |
2015-08-04 |
Bret Liebeno |
A stock fit assembly fixture is provided for aligning and holding into place various portions of a shoe, such as an upper portion, an outsole, and a midsole, while the shoe portions are being assembled. The upper portion of a shoe may be secured to a shoe last, which in turn, may be secured to a top portion of the stock fit assembly fixture. The top portion may be movable such that the upper portion of the shoe can be moved toward the outsole and midsole portions, thus allowing for a securement of the upper portion to the outsole and midsole portions. The movement of the top portion may be by way of a compression mechanism allowing the top portion to be forced to be moved toward a bottom portion of the stock fit assembly fixture. |
75 |
Article of footwear with a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure |
US13613096 |
2012-09-13 |
US08959802B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Tobie D. Hatfield; Eric P. Avar; Jeffrey C. Pisciotta; James Meschter; Kevin Hoffer; Stann Norman Richard Sheperd; Todd Anthony Waatti |
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes at least one of a stretchable upper and an articulated sole structure. The upper may include an exterior layer and an interior layer. The exterior layer forms at least a portion of an exterior of the upper, and the exterior layer includes a plurality of incisions that extend through the exterior layer. The interior layer is located adjacent an inner surface of the exterior layer, and the interior layer is exposed through the incisions. The sole structure may include a connecting portion and a plurality of discrete sole elements. The connecting portion is positioned adjacent the upper and may extend along a longitudinal length of the upper. The sole elements extend from the connecting portion, and the sole elements are separated by a plurality of sipes that extend upward into the sole structure. |
76 |
Article of footwear having a polygon lug sole pattern |
US13456612 |
2012-04-26 |
US08832970B2 |
2014-09-16 |
Eric P. Avar; Kevin W. Hoffer; Tobie D. Hatfield |
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include one or more of: (a) an upper; (b) a sole structure including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole having a plurality of polygonal lugs arranged about a base surface of the outsole. The outsole may include one or more regions wherein the characteristics of a portion of the lugs within a region differ from the characteristics of a portion of the lugs in another region. The lugs may differ, for example based on size, construction and/or spacing between the lugs. Methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear also are disclosed. |
77 |
ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR |
US13238165 |
2011-09-21 |
US20130047471A1 |
2013-02-28 |
Changming LIANG |
The present disclosure provides an article of footwear including: a footwear upper formed of one or more pieces, each piece comprising one or more layers; and a footwear lower attached to the footwear upper to provide a sole supporting member to the article of footwear; wherein the one or more pieces used to form the footwear upper are molded into a three dimensional configuration. Also provided is a method for forming the same and an inner lining for an article of footwear. |
78 |
RUBBER MEMBER FOR LASER BONDING AND SHOE |
US13502125 |
2009-10-15 |
US20120198722A1 |
2012-08-09 |
Katsuhiro Imazato; Hironori Kitayama; Junichiro Tateishi; Sadaki Mori |
A rubber member for laser bonding of the present invention containing a rubber ingredient and silica, wherein the silica has an average particle size of more than 50 nm and 120 nm or less, and the amount of the silica is 10 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber ingredient, the rubber member has a laser light transmittance of 30% or more, provided that the laser light transmittance is a transmittance when the rubber member has a thickness of 2 mm and is irradiated with laser light having a wavelength of 808 nm. The silica preferably includes silica having an average particle size of more than 50 nm and 120 nm or less and silica having an average particle size of 5 nm to 50 nm, and the amount of the silica having an average particle size of more than 50 nm and 120 nm or less is 10 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber ingredient and the amount of the silica having an average particle size of 5 nm to 50 nm is 10 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber ingredient. |
79 |
Grading and evening machine |
US1920842D |
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US1920842A |
1933-08-01 |
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80 |
솔기 없는 일체 성형 구조를 갖는 신발 및 그 제조 방법 |
KR1020150115821 |
2015-08-18 |
KR1020160021728A |
2016-02-26 |
리엔커트 |
뜨개질방식을채택하고, 발에꿰기위한입구를포함하는내부양말과, 뜨개질방식을채택하고발에꿰기위한입구를포함하는표면양말과, 신발바닥과를포함하도록구성된솔기없는일체성형구조를갖는신발, 및그 제조방법에서, 내부양말의발을꿰기위한입구를표면양말의내부에넣어서, 두양말을양말편직기계에적절히가설하고, 내부양말에, 저융점사와나일론탄성사를짜 넣고, 표면양말에저융점사, 나일론탄성사및 정형사를짜 넣고, 양말편직기계에의해두 양말을일체로뜨개질성형한후, 중공금형을표면양말안에넣어서, 베이크가열함으로써, 실의표면조직을가볍게파괴하고, 냉각에의해뜨개질의정형사를외부고정금형의형상에따라소정의형태로재편성하여신발바닥부분에대해, 표면양말이소정의형태로형성된후, 신발바닥을표면양말의바닥에직접접착시켜, 신발바닥과표면양말과의결합을달성함으로써솔기없는일체성형구조를갖는신발을완성하고, 솔기없는구조를가지므로, 사용자의착용기분을보다쾌적하게하는목적을달성하는솔기없는일체성형구조를갖는신발및 그제조방법. |