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US 11,633,015 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.
Claims19
A last for forming an upper of an article of footwear, the last comprising:
- a first portion including a lateral side and a medial side that opposes the lateral side;
- and
- a second portion connected with and extending upward and transversely outward in an angled manner away from and between the lateral and medial sides of the first portion such that a terminal end of the second portion is distanced from the first portion and also extends, in a direction transverse a lengthwise dimension of the last, beyond the lateral and medial sides of the first portion.
A last for forming an upper of an article of footwear, the last comprising:
- a first portion including a lateral side and a medial side that opposes the lateral side;
- and
- a second portion connected with and extending upward and transversely outward in an angled manner away from the first portion;
- wherein the second portion includes an outwardly facing surface that faces away from the first portion and 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 a raised edge that defines an angled transition to a further surface portion of the second portion that extends from the outwardly facing surface back toward the first portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.