Method of applying outsole to an article of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsShane S. Kohatsu, Jill D. Murfin
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Abstract
A method of forming a sole structure for an article of footwear. The method includes depositing a first outsole material including a first uncured polymeric material upon a mold surface of a mold cavity. The method also includes disposing a midsole element adjacent to the first outsole material within the mold cavity and subjecting the first outsole material and the midsole element to a molding process to form the sole structure having an outsole and a midsole.
Claims18
A method of forming a sole structure for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- depositing a first outsole material including a first uncured polymeric material upon a mold surface of a mold cavity;
- depositing a particulate additive onto the first outsole material, the particulate additive including reground outsole materials;
- disposing a midsole preform adjacent to the first outsole material within the mold cavity;
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- subjecting the first outsole material and the midsole preform to a molding process to form the sole structure having an outsole and a midsole.
A method of forming a sole structure for an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- spraying a first outsole material including a first uncured polymeric material upon a mold surface of a mold cavity;
- spraying a second outsole material including a second uncured polymeric material onto the first outsole material;
- disposing a midsole preform adjacent to the first outsole material within the mold cavity;
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- subjecting the midsole preform and the first outsole material to a molding process to form the first outsole material into an outsole and the midsole preform into a midsole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.