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US 2017/0245585 A1Published application
Method Of Customizing Articles Of Footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsChristopher S. Cook, Shane S. Kohatsu, Bret Schoolmeester, Daniel T. Rowe
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing articles of footwear that includes steps of providing articles to a customer, receiving evaluations of one or more structural characteristics of the articles and making new customized articles for the customer based on the evaluations of one or more structural characteristics. The method can be conducted as a cycle that is repeated each time the customer buys a new pair of footwear.
Claims23
A method of manufacturing articles of footwear, including steps of:
- manufacturing a first article of footwear having a first sole with a structural characteristic having a first value;
- selling the first article of footwear to a customer, the customer having customer identification information;
- designating the first article of footwear as being owned by the customer having the customer identification information;
- providing an evaluation system for evaluating one or more structural characteristics of the article of footwear;
- receiving a customer-selected evaluation of the first value of the structural characteristic;
- designating the customer-selected evaluation as being received from the customer having the customer identification information;
- manufacturing a second article of footwear having a second sole with the structural characteristic having a second value that is different from the first value, wherein the second value of the structural characteristic is determined by the customer-selected evaluation of the first value of the structural characteristic in the first article of footwear;
- selling the second article of footwear to the customer;
- and
- designating the second article of footwear as being owned by the customer having customer identification information.
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A method of manufacturing articles of footwear, including steps of:
- manufacturing a first article of footwear having a first sole with a structural characteristic having a first value;
- providing the first article of footwear to a customer, the customer having customer identification information;
- designating the first article of footwear as being owned by the customer having the customer identification information;
- providing an evaluation system for evaluating one or more structural characteristics of the article of footwear;
- instructing the customer to wait at least a predetermined time period after receiving the first article of footwear before submitting any evaluations of the first article of footwear;
- receiving a customer-selected evaluation of the first value of the structural characteristic, the customer-selected evaluation being received after the predetermined time period;
- designating the customer-selected evaluation as being received from the customer having the customer identification information;
- manufacturing a second article of footwear having a second sole with the structural characteristic having a second value that is different from the first value, wherein the second value of the structural characteristic is determined by the customer-selected evaluation of the first value of the structural characteristic in the first article of footwear;
- providing the second article of footwear to the customer;
- and
- designating the second article of footwear as being owned by the customer having customer identification information.
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A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, including steps of:
- assembling a first upper with a first sole so that the first upper is permanently joined with the first sole to form a first article of footwear, the first sole comprising a structural characteristic having a first value;
- providing the first article of footwear to a customer, the customer having customer identification information;
- designating the first article of footwear as being owned by the customer having the customer identification information;
- providing an evaluation system for evaluating one or more structural characteristics of the article of footwear;
- receiving a customer-selected evaluation of the first value of the structural characteristic;
- designating the customer-selected evaluation as being received from the customer having the customer identification information;
- assembling a second upper with a second sole so that the second upper is permanently joined with the second sole to form a second article of footwear, the second sole comprising a structural characteristic having a second value;
- providing the second article of footwear to the customer;
- and
- designating the second article of footwear as being owned by the customer having the customer identification information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.