Footwear midsole and method of manufacturing with embroidery machine
US11617423B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 12, 2020 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD10B2501/043
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a midsole for an article of footwear includes cutting a pattern of openings at least partway through a midsole with a cutting tool driven by an embroidery machine. An article of footwear includes a midsole defining a pattern of openings extending at least partway through the midsole. An inner surface of the midsole is contoured and the midsole includes upwardly-extending sidewalls. At least some of the openings extend relatively nonparallel with one another through the sidewalls and splay away from one another along longitudinal axes of the openings.
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