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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2004
Applicant:
Daniel Eugene Norton, El Paso, TX (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Eugene Norton, El Paso, TX (US);
Assignee:
adidas International Marketing B.V,, Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to sole elements and methods for manufacturing sole elements for shoes, in particular for sport shoes, with a specific density distribution in a transverse and/or longitudinal direction. The methods include the steps of manufacturing a sole element preform from a polymer material with a thickness varying in the transverse and/or longitudinal direction depending on the desired density distribution and the press-forming of the sole element preform in a forming tool to form the finished sole element from the sole element preform.