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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Sam Fisher, Portland, OR (US);
Jared M. Kilmer, Vancouver, WA (US);
Thomas Berend, Beaverton, OR (US);
Tony H. Le, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 3/02 (2006.01); A43D 9/00 (2006.01); A43D 25/07 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43D 3/02 (2013.01); A43D 3/022 (2013.01); A43D 9/00 (2013.01); A43D 25/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for making uppers for articles of footwear is disclosed. The system comprises a last assembly as well as a pressing system for forming uppers with the last assembly. The last assembly includes a last member and a base member. The last member is inverted so that the bottom surface of the last member is oriented away from the base member.