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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 16, 2016
Adidas Ag, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Ronald Daniel Becker, Portland, OR (US);
Edward John Musho, Portland, OR (US);
Charles Griffin Wilson, III, Portland, OR (US);
Robert Leimer, Portland, OR (US);
Howard Hunter Barney, Portland, OR (US);
Nicholas Allen Groeneweg, Portland, OR (US);
Ian James Hennebery, Portland, OR (US);
Kelli Amelia George, Portland, OR (US);
Alistair Hather, Portland, OR (US);
Carl Arnese, Portland, OR (US);
Jacques Perrault, Portland, OR (US);
adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Abstract
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.