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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.:

US 9788600 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2013

Customized footwear, and systems and methods for designing and manufacturing same

Applicant:

New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Chris Wawrousek, Somerville, MA (US);

Jean-Francois Fullum, North Reading, MA (US);

Sean B. Murphy, North Andover, MA (US);

Pedro Rodrigues, Amesbury, MA (US);

Trampas Tenbroek, North Andover, MA (US);

Assignee:

New Balance Athletics, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:

Goodwin Procter LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mohamed Charioui

Assistant Examiner:

Jeremy Delozier

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 5/06 (2006.01); A43B 13/22 (2006.01); A43C 13/04 (2006.01); A43D 1/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); B29C 44/08 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); A43B 7/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/04 (2006.01); A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/181 (2013.01); A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 5/06 (2013.01); A43B 7/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 13/18 (2013.01); A43B 13/203 (2013.01); A43B 13/223 (2013.01); A43C 13/04 (2013.01); A43D 1/02 (2013.01); A43D 1/025 (2013.01); A61B 5/1038 (2013.01); B29C 44/08 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); G06F 17/5086 (2013.01); A43D 2200/60 (2013.01); A61B 5/1074 (2013.01); A61B 5/6807 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to devices and methods for designing and manufacturing customized footwear, and components thereof. An example method includes a method of designing at least a portion of a sole of an article of footwear customized for a user. The method includes the steps of determining at least one input parameter related to a user, analyzing the at least one input parameter to determine at least one performance metric of a foot of the user, and determining at least one customized structural characteristic of at least a portion of a sole of an article of footwear for the user based on the performance metric.

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