Adidas Ag

Carl Arnese

Angus Wardlaw

Gerd Rainer Manz

Stuart David Reinhardt

Jan Hill

Paul Leonard Michael Smith

Stefan Tamm

Ian James Hennebery

Jason Daniel McGinnity

Jacques Magloire Perrault

James Carnes

Matteo Edmond Padovani

Robert Leimer

Berin Skye B

Jürgen Weidl

Darren Michael Wood

Dirk Meythaler

Clemens Paul Dyckmans

Elise Marie Hall

Janette P Atkins

Edward John Musho

Fionn Jonathan Corcoran-Tadd

Alexander Taylor

Edward Robinson

Benjamin William Kleiman

Felix Braun

Stanislas Goussev

Andrew Jacob Schneider

Charles Griffin Wilson, Iii

Andrea Nieto Perilla

Nicholas Allen Groeneweg

Todd Ames

Howard Hunter Barney

Keith Alexander Blume

Alistair Hather

Ronald Daniel Becker

Erika Wykes-Sneyd

Ryan Dangaran

Andrea Nieto

Kelli Amelia George

Stanislav Goussev

Justin Thomas Steeds

Huu Minh Tru Le

Fano Razafindrakoto

Charles Griffin Wilson Iii

An upper for an article of footwear, the upper including a base layer defining a least a portion of the upper and polymer threads stitched to the base layer. The polymer threads may include a core composed of a first material and a coating composed of a second material, where the melting point of the first material is higher than the melting point of the second material. The polymer threads may be bonded to the base layer by the coating of the polymer threads. The polymer threads may include one or more polymer thread sets stitched in pattern(s) on area(s) of an outer surface of the base layer to provide targeted characteristics to area(s) on the upper. In some embodiments, the polymer threads may be bonded to the base layer with heat and/or pressure.

Article of footwear with upper having stitched polymer thread pattern and methods of making the same

Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. In some embodiments, thread lines of continuous thread(s) may extend tangential to an opening on a thread pattern or an upper. In some embodiments, thread lines of continuous thread(s) may define a portion of an upper and extend through a sole for an article of footwear. In some embodiments, thread patterns defined by the continuous thread(s) may be bonded to each other around a sheet to form an upper material for an upper.

Articles of footwear comprising a wound component and methods of making the same

Methods for manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear that include thermo-forming a pattern on the upper. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder and disposing a mold insert between the skin and a surface of a mold cavity. The mold insert may include a mold pattern including surface features formed in the mold insert. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against the mold insert within a heated mold cavity to form a pattern on an exterior surface of the skin and cause the skin to take on the shape of at least a portion of an upper. In some embodiments, the surface features may be disposed in a gradient pattern configured to provide varying degrees of one or more characteristics to different areas of an upper.

Methods of bladder molding at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear

Systems and method disclosed herein provide a digital asset system that interconnects the processing of digital assets and related physical products within an enterprise network. Digital assets may be generated and updated based on a number of factors including the interactions with the digital asset within the enterprise network and the physical and commercial attributes of the related physical products. Digital assets may be dynamically updated on real-world conditions and utilized to facilitate cross-system interaction between users, manufacturing, and user engagement systems.

Activation architecture for processing digital assets and related physical products

Sole

Articles of footwear including a thermo-molded upper having a skin composed of one or more low melting point thermoplastic polymers. The skin may include at least one of: a base layer composed of a low melting point thermoplastic polymer and a grid layer including a yarn composed of a low melting point thermoplastic polymer. The uppers may be formed by placing a skin and an inflatable bladder into a mold cavity and heating the mold to a predetermined temperature. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against an interior surface of the heated mold cavity to cause the skin to take on the shape of the internal surface of the mold cavity, thereby forming an upper for an article of footwear.

Three-dimensionally thermo-molded footwear

Patterned three-dimensionally molded footwear and methods of making the same

Methods for manufacturing uppers for articles footwear that include thermo-forming an upper composed of one or more low melting point thermoplastic polymers. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder. The skin may include at least one of a base layer composed of a low melting point thermoplastic polymer and a grid layer including a yarn composed of a low melting point thermoplastic polymer. The skin and inflatable bladder may be placed into a mold cavity and the mold may be heated to a predetermined temperature. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against an interior surface of the heated mold cavity to cause the skin to take on the shape of the internal surface of the mold cavity, thereby forming an upper for an article of footwear.

Three-dimensional thermo-molding of footwear

A sound insulation structure for a garment is disclosed. The sound insulation structure includes a first layer comprising a sound absorbing material, and a second layer configured to be at least one of sound reflecting and sound diffusing.

Sound insulation structure for a garment

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Carl Arnese