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US 2018/0146748 A1Published application
Pressing fixture for use in making articles of footwear
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorBilly Cornett
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Abstract
A pressing fixture includes discrete pieces that may be used in the manufacture of an article of footwear. The pressing fixture may include alignment features which align a partially completed article with a sole. The pressing fixture may be pressed into the sole thereby aligning the partially completed article with the sole.
Claims20
A pressing fixture for the manufacture of an article of footwear comprising:
- a first section, a second section, and a third section, each section being distinct and separable from the other;
- the first section having a first surface, the second section having a second surface and a third surface, and the third section having a fourth surface;
- wherein the first surface of the first section is configured to engage the second surface of the second section and wherein the third surface of the second section is configured to engage the fourth surface of the third section;
- the first surface forming a first angle with a lower surface of the first section, the second surface forming a second angle with a lower surface of the second section, the third surface forming a third angle with the lower surface of the second section and the fourth surface forming a fourth angle with a lower surface of the third section;
- the first angle and the second angle being substantially supplementary angles, wherein the first angle is different from ninety degrees and wherein the second angle is different from ninety degrees;
- the third angle and the fourth angle being substantially supplementary angles, wherein the third angle is different from ninety degrees and wherein the fourth angle is different from ninety degrees;
- the first section having a first alignment feature and the third section having a second alignment feature;
- and
- wherein the second section is wedged shaped.
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A pressing fixture for the manufacture of an article of footwear comprising:
- a first section, a second section, and a third section, each section being distinct and separable from the other;
- the first section having a thickness extending between an upper surface of the first section and a lower surface of the first section, the thickness being a maximum thickness of the first section;
- the first section corresponding to a forefoot portion of the foot, the second section corresponding to a midfoot portion of the foot, and a third section corresponding to a heel portion of a foot;
- the first section having an alignment feature extending away from the lower surface of the first section;
- wherein the alignment feature has a length;
- and
- wherein the length of the alignment feature is greater than twenty-five percent of the thickness of the first section.
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A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:
- placing a first section into an assembly comprised of an upper and a strobel, the first section having a plurality of alignment features;
- placing a third section into the assembly, the third section having a plurality of alignment features;
- placing a second section into the assembly,
- applying a force to the second section such that the first section and the third section translate longitudinally and such that the plurality of alignment features of the first section and the plurality of alignment features of the second section extend through a plurality of alignment apertures in the strobel;
- and
- inserting the plurality of alignment features of the first section and the plurality of alignment features of the second section into a plurality of acceptors in a sole structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.