Method of manufacturing a wool pile fabric product
AssigneeDeckers Outdoor Corporation
InventorsStuart Jenkins, Nathan Crary
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a component for an article of footwear including providing a two-part mold, inserting a first material layer in the mold, pouring a polyurethane layer on the first material layer, placing a piece of a wool pile fabric on the polyurethane layer and closing the mold for a designated period of time for forming a wool pile fabric component such as a footwear insole. After the designated period of time the mold is opened and the molded wool pile fabric component is removed from the mold.
Claims11
A method of manufacturing a component for an article of footwear comprising:
- providing a two-part mold;
- inserting a first layer of a cushioning material in the mold;
- pouring a polyurethane layer on the first material layer;
- placing a piece of a wool pile fabric on the polyurethane layer;
- closing the mold for a designated period of time for forming a wool pile fabric component;
- and
- opening the mold and removing the molded wool pile fabric component after the designated period of time.
A method of manufacturing a component for an article of footwear comprising:
- providing a two-part mold;
- inserting a wool pile fabric piece having a wool fiber side and a scrim side in the mold;
- pouring a liquid foam on the scrim side of the wool pile fabric piece;
- and
- closing the mold for a designated period of time for forming a wool pile fabric component;
- and
- opening the mold and removing the molded wool pile fabric component after the designated period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.