Sporting goods and methods for interconnecting components of a sporting good
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsAndreas Johannes Seefried, Clemens Paul Dyckmans, Maximilian Philipp Kurtz
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for interconnecting components of a sporting good, in particular a sports shoe, and a sports shoe manufactured with such a method. The method may include (a.) forming a pattern element having at least one removable at least partially non-transparent or non-reflective portion, (b.) irradiating at least one of the first and the second component via the pattern element with heat radiation and (c.) interconnecting the irradiated first and second component.
Claims19
A method for interconnecting a first component and a second component of a sporting good, the method comprising:
- irradiating at least one of the first component and the second component via a pattern element with heat radiation, wherein:
- the pattern element at least partially covers at least one of the first component or the second component,
- the pattern element comprises a plate having at least one substantially transparent region and at least one removable element, wherein the at least one removable element is formed of at least partially non-transparent material, and
- the removable element is positioned to at least partially overlap the at least one substantially transparent region of the plate;
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- interconnecting the first component and the second component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.