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US 11,589,652 B2Granted
Function screen printing on upper
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsBruno Jean Antonelli, Nina Ludwig, Timothy Kelvin Robinson, Daniel Stephen Price, Jan Hill
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Abstract
Described are shoes, in particular a sports shoe, wherein at least a portion of an upper of the shoe includes a first layer and a functional second layer, wherein the functional second layer is directly printed onto the first layer.
Claims18
A method of direct printing onto at least a portion of an upper of a shoe, comprising
- providing a first layer for the at least a portion of an upper;
- and
- printing a functional second layer directly onto the first layer in at least a first region and a second region, wherein printing the functional second layer comprises printing the functional second layer with varying thickness, wherein the functional second layer comprises a plurality of isolated layer areas such that one isolated layer area of the plurality of isolated layer areas of the functional second layer is discontinuous with another layer area of the plurality of isolated layer areas, wherein a density of an arrangement of the isolated layer areas in the first region is different from a density of an arrangement of the isolated layer areas in the second region, and wherein the functional second layer alters a stiction of the portion of the upper.
A method of direct printing onto at least a portion of an upper of a shoe, the method comprising:
- determining a printing pattern for printing onto the at least the portion of the upper;
- providing a first layer for the at least the portion of the upper;
- printing a functional second layer directly onto the first layer based on the printing pattern;
- and
- printing a functional third layer directly onto the functional second layer,
- wherein the first layer, the functional second layer, and the functional third layer each have at least one functional characteristic that is different from the other layers,
- wherein the functional third layer comprises a material different from a material of the functional second layer.
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A method of manufacturing an upper of a shoe, the method comprising:
- providing a first layer for at least a portion of the upper of the shoe;
- printing a functional second layer directly onto the first layer, wherein printing the functional second layer comprises printing the functional second layer with varying thickness wherein the functional second layer comprises a plurality of isolated layer areas such that one isolated layer area of the plurality of isolated layer areas of the functional second layer is discontinuous with another layer area of the plurality of isolated layer areas;
- curing the functional second layer;
- printing a functional third layer directly on the functional second layer,
- wherein the first layer, the functional second layer, and the functional third layer each have at least one functional characteristic that is different from the other layers,
- wherein the functional third layer alters a stiction of the portion of the upper of the shoe, and
- wherein at least one isolated layer area of the functional third layer comprises dimensions that are smaller than 2 mm in at least one direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.