Article including recycled thermoplastic material
OwnerRomesh Patel, James Romero +1inventors
InventorsRomesh Patel, James Romero, Daehwi Lim
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Abstract
A shoe including a component formed at least in part from a recycled thermoplastic material is disclosed. The recycled thermoplastic material may be derived from scrap material from an operation of making another component of the shoe. The recycled thermoplastic material may be derived at least in part from scrap thermoplastic foam from an operation of making a sole component of the shoe, but the shoe component including the recycled thermoplastic material may have a density greater than that of the sole component. Both shoe components may be bio-based. Methods for making shoe components including the recycled thermoplastic material are also disclosed.
Claims20
A shoe, comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a sole having a top surface that is attached to the upper portion, the sole comprising a foam component formed from a bio-based thermoplastic material;
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- a heel counter attached to an exterior surface of the upper portion and comprising a recycled bio-based thermoplastic material.
A shoe, comprising:
- an upper portion;
- a sole having a top surface that is attached to the upper portion, the sole comprising a foam component formed of a thermoplastic elastomer;
- and
- a heel counter attached to an exterior surface of the upper portion and formed at least in part from scrap thermoplastic elastomer.
A method comprising:
- producing a recycled scrap thermoplastic material;
- and
- forming a shoe component from a feedstock including the recycled scrap thermoplastic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.