Article Of Footwear With Extruded Components
AssigneeReebok International Ltd.
InventorsPaul Davis, Mike Andrews, Dustin Simone
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments relate to portions of an article of footwear formed from an extruded member. In certain embodiments, a sole or portion of a sole can be formed from one or more extruded members. In certain embodiments, the extruded member can be a single, continuous piece of solid material. In certain embodiments, a sole for an article of footwear can be fashioned from an extruded member formed in a controlled geometric pattern. In certain embodiments, the sole can include one or more layers.
Claims34
A method for manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:
- providing an upper;
- and
- extruding an extruded member directly onto a surface of the upper.
An article of footwear, comprising:
- an upper;
- and
- a solid extruded member disposed directly onto a bottom surface of the upper to form a sole,
- wherein the extruded member comprises a single, continuous piece of extruded material.
A method for manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:
- robotically extruding an extruded member from an extruder nozzle directly onto a surface of a footwear component;
- and
- adjusting a characteristic of the extruded member while the extruded member is extruded onto the footwear component surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.