Baseplate for a shoe
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsJürgen Weidl, Antonio Jamie Zea, Jr., Wilfried Ernst Wiederer
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Abstract
Baseplates for shoes, wherein the baseplate is removably insertable into a shoe upper, and wherein the baseplate includes a substantially planar body, which is configured to provide stability to the shoe upper, and a plurality of tread elements, which are configured to protrude through a respective opening of a plurality of openings in a bottom portion of the shoe upper when the baseplate is removably inserted into the shoe upper, wherein the plurality of tread elements are unitarily formed with the body.
Claims27
A method for manufacturing a shoe comprising a baseplate, the method comprising:
- forming a substantially planar body of the baseplate using a 3D-printing process;
- unitarily forming a plurality of tread elements in one piece with the body using the 3D-printing process, so that the plurality of tread elements extend from a lowermost surface of the body;
- and
- removably positioning the baseplate within a shoe upper to provide stability to the shoe upper, the baseplate comprising a flexural modulus of elasticity of at least 1000 N/mm2;
- wherein the shoe upper comprises a bottom portion comprising a plurality of openings;
- removably inserting the plurality of tread elements to protrude through a respective opening of the plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of tread elements are adapted to contact a ground;
- and
- removably engaging each of the plurality of tread elements with an edge of the respective opening of the plurality of openings to fix the plurality of tread elements relative to the shoe upper.
A method for manufacturing a baseplate for a shoe, the method comprising:
- forming a baseplate comprising a substantially planar body using a 3D-printing process, which provides stability to a shoe upper of the shoe when the baseplate is positioned within the shoe upper, the baseplate comprising a flexural modulus of elasticity of at least 1000 N/mm2;
- and
- unitarily forming a plurality of tread elements in one piece with the body using the 3D-printing process, so that the plurality of tread elements extend from a lowermost surface of the body and comprise at least one undercut on an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of tread elements that abuts the lowermost surface of the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.