Method of manfacturing a fully formed upper
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsEric Jeandin, Ulrich Bauer
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Abstract
Described is a method of manufacturing a component for a shoe that includes the steps: forming a sheet of material; heating the sheet of material; stretching the heated sheet of material by moving a last into the sheet of material, wherein the last defines the shape of the component; and applying a pressure lower than ambient pressure between the stretched sheet of material and the last to conform the sheet of material to the last; or applying a pressure higher than ambient pressure over the stretched sheet of material to conform the sheet of material to the last.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a component for a shoe comprising the steps of:
- heating a sheet of material;
- stretching the heated sheet of material by moving a last into the sheet of material, wherein the last defines a shape of the component;
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- applying at least one of a pressure lower than ambient pressure between the stretched sheet of material and the last to conform the sheet of material to the last and a pressure higher than ambient pressure over the stretched sheet of material to conform the sheet of material to the last.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.