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US 2017/0360156 A1Published application
Uv curable lattice microstructure for footwear
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorMichel Reginald Lussier
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Abstract
An upper for a sports shoe may include a component such as a vamp or a rear portion. The shoe component may include a UV curable microlattice structure with a plurality of regions such that each region has a different density. In some cases, the microlattice structure may include a high density microlattice structure, a mid-level density microlattice structure, and a non-structural region with a low density microlattice structure.
Claims21
An upper for a sports shoe, the upper comprising:
- a vamp comprising a UV curable microlattice structure comprising a plurality of regions such that each region comprises a different density.
An upper for a sports shoe, the upper comprising:
- a rear portion comprising a UV curable microlattice structure comprising a plurality of regions such that each region comprises a different density.
A method of forming an upper of a microlattice structure for a shoe, the method comprising:
- pouring resin into a chamber;
- passing ultraviolet light through a mask into the resin along light paths defined by the mask to create an upper with portions of at least two different densities;
- disassembling the upper in a green state from the chamber;
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- post curing the upper into a final shape outside of the chamber.
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