Methods and systems of making an article of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDavid P. Jones, Bruce J. Kilgore, Elizabeth Langvin, James C. Meschter
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Abstract
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet material, cutting and assembling the two dimensional portions into a finalized article of footwear. The method further includes a step of shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. Systems for receiving an order for a customized article of footwear are also disclosed.
Claims20
A method for producing a customized article of footwear, comprising:
- displaying to a customer through a computer graphical interface system a graphical representation of the customized article of footwear;
- receiving from the customer through the computer graphical interface system a designation of a custom designated image to be applied to a customized portion of the customized article of footwear;
- displaying to the customer through the computer graphical interface system a graphical representation of the customized article of footwear with the custom designated image applied to the customized portion;
- defining on a sheet material a two-dimensional portion corresponding to the customized portion,
- wherein the sheet material has a color different from the custom designated image;
- applying the custom designated image to the sheet material in the two-dimensional portion and covering substantially the entire area within the two-dimensional portion with the custom designated image;
- cutting the two-dimensional portion out of the sheet material to form the customized portion of the customized article of footwear;
- and
- assembling the customized portion with another portion of the customized article of footwear to form the customized article of footwear.
A method for designing and graphically displaying a customized article of footwear to enable a user to design and order the customized article of footwear, the method comprising:
- displaying a three-dimensional footwear representation;
- receiving a selection of a graphics tool configured to modify a design of the three-dimensional footwear representation;
- receiving via the selected graphics tool a modification of a customer selected portion of the customized article of footwear;
- applying the modification to the customer selected portion of the customized article of footwear in a manner that accounts for the three-dimensionality of a surface of the customized article of footwear;
- displaying the modified customer selected portion on the three-dimensional footwear representation;
- receiving as a finalized design a submission of the three-dimensional footwear representation having the modified customer selected portion;
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- receiving an order for the customized article of footwear having the finalized design.
A computer graphical interface system for designing, graphically displaying, and receiving orders for, customized articles of footwear having custom designated images, comprising:
- a computer graphical display configured to display on a remote terminal a footwear representation of a customized article of footwear;
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- a graphics tool configured to modify a customized portion of the footwear representation of the customized article of footwear,
- wherein the computer graphical interface system receives via the graphics tool a designation of a custom designated image,
- wherein the computer graphical interface system receives via the graphics tool an instruction to place the custom designated image on the footwear representation at the customized portion,
- wherein the computer graphical display modifies the footwear representation to show the custom designated image at the customized portion,
- wherein the computer graphical interface system receives a submission of the modified customized footwear representation, and
- wherein the computer graphical interface system receives an order for the customized article of footwear corresponding to the modified customized footwear representation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.