US 10,299,543 B2 · Method for making a cleated plate

Abstract

A method for making a cleated plate member for an article of footwear is described. The method includes a number of steps where various molds are used to form different components of the cleated plate member. A collar receptacle is formed using a first molding process. A cleat member is formed from a non-compatible material with a fastener of the cleat member associated with the collar receptacle using another molding process to form a combined cleat assembly. The combined cleat assembly is placed into corresponding receptacles in a mold used to form the cleated plate member. The cleated plate member is formed using another molding process that embeds the collar receptacle into the body of the cleated plate member. The completed cleated plate member includes releasably attached cleat members.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method of forming a cleat member, the method comprising:

positioning a collar receptacle in a first cavity of a first mold, the collar receptacle having a bore including a first series of threads;
positioning a second mold adjacent to the first mold, the second mold including a second cavity in fluid communication with the bore of the collar receptacle;
and
injecting a first molding material through the bore of the collar receptacle, into the second cavity, and into the bore of the collar receptacle to form a central portion of the cleat member.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/893,907Filed 12 Feb 2018 · continuation

Priority

21 Apr 2011

Published

US 2018/0184763 A15 Jul 2018

Granted

28 May 2019

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

A43C 15/16
Non-skid devices or attachments: studs or cleats for football or like boots
A43C 15/02
Non-skid devices or attachments: attached to the sole
A43C 15/161
Studs or cleats for football or like boots: characterised by the attachment to the sole
B29C 45/14065
Incorporating preformed parts or layers, e.g. injection moulding around inserts or for coating articles: positioning or centering articles in the…

Family

Application13/091,236Parent of this division · filed 21 Apr 2011

Application14/575,309Parent of this continuation · filed 18 Dec 2014

US 2018/0184763 A1Pre-grant publication · published 5 Jul 2018

US 9,901,141 B2Parent of this continuation

US 8,945,449 B2Parent of this division

Application14/575,309Parent of this division

US 2012/0266490 A1Published application

US 2015/0196097 A1Published application

US 10,299,543 B2This patent

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Method for making a cleated plate

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Abstract

Claims20