Shoe outsoles and systems and methods of manufacturing the same
AssigneeThe Topline Corporation
InventorPaul William Daniels
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Abstract
Systems and methods of manufacturing a shoe outsole are provided wherein at least a portion of the resulting shoe outsole includes embedded particles. An example method includes applying adhesive to at least one region of the shoe outsole, depositing selected particles onto the adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a first coat of particles, and at least partially curing the adhesive. The method continues by applying additional adhesive over the first coat of particles, depositing additional particles onto the adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a second coat of particles, and at least partially curing the subsequent application of adhesive.
Claims15
A method of manufacturing a shoe outsole, the method comprising:
- applying an initial application of adhesive to at least a portion of a bottom side of a base of the shoe outsole such that at least a portion of a surface area of the bottom side of the base of the shoe outsole is covered with the adhesive;
- depositing an initial application of a plurality of particles of a selected material onto the initial application of adhesive via electrostatic flocking to provide the shoe outsole with a first coat of particles;
- at least partially curing the initial application of adhesive such that the first coat of particles is at least partially embedded therein;
- applying a subsequent application of adhesive to the at least one region of the bottom side of the base of the shoe outsole over the first coat of particles;
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- depositing a subsequent application of a plurality of particles onto the subsequent application of adhesive to provide the shoe outsole with a second coat of particles.
A method of manufacturing a shoe outsole, the method comprising:
- applying an initial application of adhesive to at least one region of a bottom side of a base of the shoe outsole such that at least a portion of a surface area of the bottom side of the base of the shoe outsole is covered with the adhesive;
- depositing an initial application of a plurality of pulverized leather particles onto the initial application of adhesive to provide the base of the shoe outsole with a first coat of pulverized leather particles;
- at least partially curing the initial application of adhesive such that the first coat of pulverized leather particles is at least partially embedded therein;
- applying a subsequent application of adhesive to the at least one region of the bottom side of the base of the shoe outsole over the first coat of pulverized leather particles;
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- depositing a subsequent application of a plurality of pulverized leather particles onto the subsequent application of adhesive to provide the base of the shoe outsole with a second coat of pulverized leather particles, at least some of the pulverized leather particles of the second coat overlying pulverized leather particles of the first coat, and
- at least partially curing the subsequent application of adhesive such that the second coat of pulverized leather particles is at least partially embedded therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.