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US 12,004,602 B2Granted
Components with embedded particles and methods of making same
AssigneeConverse Inc.
InventorStephen N. Bruno
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Abstract
A component, for example, a shoe foxing, may have one or more regions with embedded particles and one or more regions without embedded particles. The one or more regions without embedded particles may comprise one or more outer surfaces of the component. The component may be formed by heating and pressing material sections in a mold. The component may be formed by extrusion. One or more of the material sections may lack embedded particles.
Claims22
A method comprising:
- positioning a first section of a first elastomeric material and a second section of a second elastomeric material in a mold, wherein:
- the first section comprises embedded particles of a third material different from the second elastomeric material, wherein the first section includes a first outer perimeter edge having a first outer perimeter edge face and a second outer perimeter edge having a second outer perimeter edge face, and
- the second section covers the first section and extends past the first outer perimeter edge and the second outer perimeter edge of the first section;
- and
- compressing the first and second sections in the mold, while applying heat to the compressed first and second sections, to form a single molded section, wherein the compressing while applying heat comprises causing portions of the second section to flow over, cover, and bond to the first outer perimeter edge face and the second outer perimeter edge face of the first section.
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A method comprising:
- positioning a first section of a first elastomeric material adjacent to a second section of a second elastomeric material, wherein:
- the first section has:
- (a) a first major outer perimeter edge having a first major outer perimeter edge face, (b) a second major outer perimeter edge having a second major outer perimeter edge face, (c) a first minor outer perimeter edge, and (d) a second minor outer perimeter edge, and comprises embedded particles of a third material different from the second elastomeric material, and
- the second section, after the positioning, overlaps the first section along at least portions of the first major outer perimeter edge and the second major outer perimeter edge;
- and
- compressing, while heating, the first section and the second section in a mold to form a single molded section, wherein the compressing and heating comprise causing portions of the second section to flow over, cover, and bond to the first section along the first major outer perimeter edge face and the second major outer perimeter edge face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.