Adidas Ag

Eric Jeandin

Ulisse Matthias Tanzini

Harald Geyer

Marco Fischhold

Andrew Leslie

Matthias Linz

Stanislas Goussev

Ulrich Bauer

Sergius Merker

Goussev Stanislav

The invention concerns a method of producing an article of footwear comprising: providing an upper; providing a mold and opening the mold; inserting the upper into the open mold; closing the mold; and injecting a pressurized molten resin, wherein, after the injecting, there is a gap filled with the resin between a side wall of the mold and an outer surface of at least a first portion of the upper, wherein the gap is essentially zero at a contacting point, wherein the gap increases gradually from the contacting point in at least a first region of the mold.

Injection-molding method

Described is a method of manufacturing a component for a shoe that includes the steps: forming a sheet of material; heating the sheet of material; stretching the heated sheet of material by moving a last into the sheet of material, wherein the last defines the shape of the component; and applying a pressure lower than ambient pressure between the stretched sheet of material and the last to conform the sheet of material to the last; or applying a pressure higher than ambient pressure over the stretched sheet of material to conform the sheet of material to the last.

Method of manufacturing a fully formed upper

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Nuremberg, Germany

Eric Jeandin