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US 2015/0020413 A1Published application
Folded articles of footwear and methods for manufacturing the same
AssigneeCrocs, Inc.
InventorsLuca FAGGIN, Stefano FERNIANI
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes providing a first portion of the article of footwear and providing a vamp; the first portion includes an ethylene vinyl acetate layer; folding the first portion to define walls of an upper of the article of footwear and an insole of the article of footwear; and coupling the vamp to the walls of the upper to define a foot-receiving opening of the article of footwear.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, comprising:
- providing a first portion of the article of footwear, the first portion comprising an ethylene vinyl acetate layer;
- providing a vamp;
- folding the first portion to define walls of an upper of the article of footwear and an insole of the article of footwear;
- and
- coupling the vamp to the walls of the upper to define a foot-receiving opening of the article of footwear.
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An article of footwear, comprising:
- a first portion comprising an ethylene vinyl acetate layer and formed as a unitary component, the first portion further comprising:
- walls of an upper;
- an insole integrally coupled to the walls of the upper at a fold;
- a vamp coupled to the walls of the upper, the vamp and the walls of the upper defining a foot-receiving opening of the article of footwear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.