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US 10,318,920 B2Granted
Custom fit sale of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsDaniel R. Potter, Allan M. Schrock
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Abstract
A method whereby a customer may purchase footwear through a remote communication channel, and be assured that the purchased footwear will properly fit upon delivery. The customer purchases footwear by designating the last that is used to construct the footwear. A customer may identify a particular last based upon careful measurement of the customer's feet. A customer may also identify a last based upon previous experience with footwear constructed using the last.
Claims7
A method of providing footwear, comprising:
- receiving, at a distribution center and via a remote communication channel, a request from a remote customer for footwear, wherein the distribution center includes a last inventory comprising a plurality of lasts in different sizes and a footwear inventory comprising a plurality of footwear in different sizes;
- based on the request, selecting from the last inventory a last associated with the remote customer and selecting from the footwear inventory an existing article of footwear of a size similar to the last;
- modifying the existing article of footwear by reforming a shape of an interior of the existing article of footwear with the last to produce a custom-fitted article of footwear;
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- providing the remote customer with the custom-fitted article of footwear.
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