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US 10,016,919 B2Granted
Method of making an article of footwear with a segmented plate
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsChristopher S. Cook, David J. Roulo
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Abstract
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method may generally include placing a first rigid member into a first region of a molding cavity and placing a second rigid member into a second region of the molding cavity. The first rigid member may be spaced from a first cleat and the second rigid member may be spaced from a second cleat. A second material may be injected into the first region and into the second region to form a sole comprising a first plate member and a second plate member.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- inserting at least one cleat into a first mold half of a mold;
- inserting a first reinforcement member into a second mold half of the mold;
- attaching the first reinforcement member to the second mold half;
- closing the mold to define a first cavity between the first mold half including the at least one cleat and the second mold half including the first reinforcement member;
- maintaining a first gap between the at least one cleat and the first reinforcement member after the mold is closed;
- injecting a first material into the first cavity and within the first gap to form a sole plate including the first material, the at least one cleat, and the first reinforcement member;
- and
- attaching the sole plate to an article of footwear.
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A method comprising:
- inserting at least one cleat into a first mold half of a mold;
- inserting a first reinforcement member into a second mold half of the mold;
- closing the mold to define a first cavity between the first mold half including the at least one cleat and the second mold half including the first reinforcement member;
- maintaining a first gap between the at least one cleat and the first reinforcement member after the mold is closed;
- injecting a first material into the first cavity and within the first gap to form a sole plate including the first material, the at least one cleat, and the first reinforcement member;
- defining a second cavity between the first mold half and a third mold half, the first mold half having the sole plate disposed therein;
- injecting a second material into the second cavity to form a midsole of an article of footwear including the sole plate and the second material;
- and
- attaching the midsole to an upper to form the article of footwear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.