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US 10,827,801 B2Granted
Last for an article of footwear
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsJames Webster, Thomas Foxen, David McManus
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Abstract
A last for forming an upper of an article of footwear includes an exterior surface, where the exterior surface includes a plurality of three dimensional structural surface components disposed over at least 50% of the exterior surface of the last.
Claims18
A last for forming an upper of an article of footwear, the last comprising:
- an upper shaped main body portion that forms a main portion of the upper, the main body portion including a lateral side, a medial side, a toe end, and a heel end, and a top side that extends between the lateral side and the medial side and also between the toe end and the heel end;
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- a tongue forming portion connected with the main body portion and that forms a tongue portion of the upper, wherein the tongue forming portion extends upward and transversely outward in an angled manner away from and between the lateral and medial sides of the main body portion such that a terminal end of the tongue forming portion is distanced from the main body portion and also extends, in a direction transverse a lengthwise dimension of the last, beyond the lateral and medial sides of the main body portion;
- wherein an exterior surface of the last includes a plurality of three dimensional structural surface components.
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A last for forming an upper of an article of footwear, the last comprising:
- an upper shaped main body portion including a lateral side, a medial side, a toe end, a heel end;
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- a tongue forming portion connected with the main body portion and that forms a tongue portion of the upper, the tongue forming portion extending upward and transversely outward in an angled manner away from the main body portion;
- wherein the tongue forming portion includes an outwardly facing surface that faces away from the main body portion, and the outwardly facing surface has a concave contour that is oriented in a direction transverse a lengthwise dimension of the last and between the lateral and medial sides of the main body portion, and the outwardly facing surface includes raised edges that define an angled transition to further surface portions of the tongue forming portion that extend from the outwardly facing surface back toward the main body portion.
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