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US 12,628,900 B2Granted
Shoe
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsStefan Tamm, Carl Arnese, James Carnes
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Abstract
Described are shoes having an upper, and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper. At least one of the outer sole and the midsole is formed of knitwear.
Claims20
A method for manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- knitting an upper using one or more first yarns;
- embroidering a melt yarn into a region of the knitted upper;
- fusing the melt yarn to the knitted upper to reinforce the region of the knitted upper;
- knitting an outer sole or a midsole using one or more second yarns that differ from the one or more first yarns;
- and
- joining the outer sole or the midsole to the knitted upper.
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A method for manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- knitting an upper using one or more non-thermoplastic yarns;
- embroidering a melt yarn into a region of the knitted upper, wherein the melt yarn comprises a thermoplastic material;
- heating the knitted upper comprising the embroidered melt yarn to a temperature at or above a melting temperature of the melt yarn to fuse the embroidered melt yarn to the knitted upper;
- cooling the knitted upper after heating such that the region comprising the embroidered and fused melt yarn is reinforced;
- knitting an outer sole or a midsole using one or more second yarns that differ from the one or more non-thermoplastic yarns;
- and
- joining the outer sole or the midsole to the knitted upper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.