System and method for adhesive application of a customized sole-shaped pad
OwnerTsontcho Ianchulev, Edward Y. Kooinventors
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for applying an adhesive film to the sole of shoes. Application of a portion of the adhesive film can be performed by receiving a shoe on top of the adhesive film, which in turn is above a plate and compressible pins. Upon receiving the shoe, the plate is raised or lowered, and the compressible pins mark the perimeter of the sole of the shoe. The adhesive film is cut in a sole-shaped pattern due to the height differentiation, resulting in a sole-shaped portion of the adhesive film being adhered to the sole of the shoe.
Claims23
A method comprising:
- receiving an object an adjustable height surface of a system, the adjustable height surface being at a first height, wherein the object is in contact with an adhesive film;
- and
- applying the adhesive film to the object by:
- lowering the adjustable height surface upon receiving the object to yield the adjustable height surface at a second height;
- and
- forming the adhesive film to at least part of the object via use of a height differentiation between the adjustable height surface at the second height and a surrounding non-adjustable height surface at the first height, wherein the second height is lower than the first height.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- an object receiving area;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- upon receiving an object into the object receiving area of the system, wherein the object is in contact with an adhesive film, applying the adhesive film to the object, wherein a sole-shaped portion of the adhesive film is shaped to a contour of the object via a height differentiation between an inner height surface beneath the object and a surrounding outer height surface positioned at a height different from a height of the inner height surface after receiving the object.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored which, when executed by a processor in a device, cause the device to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, on an adhesive film configured on the device, an object, wherein the object is in contact with the adhesive film;
- and
- forming the adhesive film in a sole shape to the object, wherein a sole-shaped portion of the adhesive film is formed to a contour of the object via a height differentiation between an inner height surface located beneath the object and an adjacent outer height surface entirely surrounding the inner height surface and positioned at a height different than a height of the inner height surface.
A method for securing an adhesive film to an object, the method comprising:
- positioning the adhesive film above an adjustable height surface at a first height;
- receiving the object on the adhesive film above the adjustable height surface;
- lowering the adjustable height surface to a second height below the first height upon receiving the object to yield a lowered adjustable height surface;
- and
- forming the adhesive film to the object via a height differentiation between the lowered adjustable height surface and an adjacent non-adjustable height surface entirely surrounding the lowered adjustable height surface and positioned at the first height.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.