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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Michael Hochdoerffer, Portland, OR (US);

Christopher J. Lyke, Portland, OR (US);

Atikom Tappatarnpornsuk, Taichung, TW;

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/12 (2006.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); B29C 44/16 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/1271 (2013.01); A43B 23/0225 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); A43B 23/042 (2013.01); B29C 44/16 (2013.01); B29D 35/146 (2013.01); B29D 35/148 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/505 (2013.01);
Abstract

An upper shell panel may be placed between first and second sections of a mold. The first section may include one or more expansion cavities and the second section may include one or more pour cavities. A foam-producing chemical mixture may be delivered into the one or more pour cavities and the mold may be closed. The delivered foam-producing chemical mixture may be allowed to expand within the closed mold and to force regions of the upper shell panel into the one or more expansion cavities. The upper shell panel may then be removed from the mold subsequent to the expansion of the delivered mixture.


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