Pattern element used 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.
Claims20
A pattern element for at least partially covering at least one of a first component or a second component of a sporting good during heat radiation, the pattern element comprising:
- 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;
- wherein the removable element is positioned to at least partially overlap the at least one substantially transparent region of the plate;
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- wherein the pattern element is irradiated by heat radiation.
An apparatus for interconnecting a first component and a second component of a sporting good, the apparatus comprising:
- a pattern element comprising:
- 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
- wherein the removable element is positioned to at least partially overlap the at least one substantially transparent region of the plate;
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- at least one heat source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.