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US 2016/0001478 A1Published application
Method of making an article of footwear with a segmented plate
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsChristopher S. Cook, David J. Roulo
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Abstract
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method may generally include placing a first rigid member into a first region of a molding cavity and placing a second rigid member into a second region of the molding cavity. The first rigid member may be spaced from a first cleat and the second rigid member may be spaced from a second cleat. A second material may be injected into the first region and into the second region to form a sole comprising a first plate member and a second plate member.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- inserting at least one cleat into a first mold half of a mold;
- inserting a first reinforcement member into a second mold half of the mold;
- closing the mold to define a first cavity between the first mold half and the second mold half;
- maintaining a first gap between the at least one cleat and the first reinforcement member after the mold is closed;
- injecting a first material into the first cavity and within the first gap to form a sole plate;
- and
- attaching the sole plate to an article of footwear.
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A method comprising:
- inserting a first reinforcement member into a first mold half of a mold;
- inserting a second reinforcement member into the first mold half of the mold to create a channel separating the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member;
- closing the mold to define a first cavity between the first mold half and a second mold half;
- injecting a first material into the first cavity to form a sole plate incorporating the first reinforcement member and the second reinforcement member;
- and
- attaching the sole plate to an article of footwear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.