Foam and method of forming foam
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTo-Chun Lin, Hsiang-Wei Huang, Jian-Cing Jhou, Ying-Che Lai
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Abstract
A method for making a foam component is provided and includes inserting a foam material into a cavity of a mold having a top plate and a bottom plate, heating the foam material to cause the foam material to expand, and moving one of the top plate and the bottom plate relative to the other of the top plate and the bottom plate as the foam material expands and contacts the one of the top plate and the bottom plate to cause the foam material to fold over on itself within the cavity.
Claims20
A method for making a foam component, the method comprising:
- inserting a foam material into a cavity of a mold having a top plate and a bottom plate, the cavity being defined between the top plate and the bottom plate;
- heating the foam material to cause the foam material to expand;
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- moving one of the top plate and the bottom plate relative to the other of the top plate and the bottom plate as the foam material expands and contacts the one of the top plate and the bottom plate to cause the foam material to fold over on itself within the cavity and form a formed component.
A method for making a foam component, the method comprising:
- inserting a foam material into a cavity of a mold having a top plate and a bottom plate, the cavity being defined between the top plate and the bottom plate;
- heating the foam material to cause the foam material to expand;
- moving one of the top plate and the bottom plate relative to the other of the top plate and the bottom plate as the foam material expands to form a formed component;
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- curing the formed component to define a plurality of folds in the formed component, the plurality of folds being substantially non-uniform relative to one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.