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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2019
Frampton E. Ellis, Jasper, FL (US);
Frampton E. Ellis, Jasper, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of making a device by a three-dimensional (3D) printing process, the method comprising a step of excluding, during the 3D printing process, the printing in one or more defined areas of one or more layers of the device in order to form at least one internal sipe in said device, the sipe being defined by two opposing surfaces that are configured to contact one another and slide against each other when said device is in a loaded condition, as viewed in a single plane cross-section; or wherein during the 3D printing process the internal sipe is formed by the exclusion of one or more print particles (3D dots) in many layers of the device, as viewed in a single plane cross-section.