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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Applicant:
Converse Inc., North Andover, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sean M. McDowell, Portland, OR (US);
Bryan Paul Cioffi, Gloucester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Converse Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shoe with a three-dimensional (3-D) surface texture created using rapid manufacturing techniques is provided. A plurality of 3-D surface texture options is presented on a user interface; each of the options is associated with one of a plurality of 3-D surface textures to be applied to a portion of a shoe. A selection of a 3-D surface texture is received and is used in part to generate a design file. The design file is used to instruct a rapid manufacturing device to manufacture the portion of the shoe comprised of the 3-D surface texture using a rapid manufacturing technique.