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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:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 111/00 (2006.01); A43D 119/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 111/003 (2013.01); A43D 111/006 (2013.01); A43D 119/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); Y10S 901/19 (2013.01); Y10S 901/39 (2013.01);
Abstract
Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by executing various shoe-manufacturing processes in an automated manner. A material handling system suitable for use in an automated shoe-manufacturing process has a guide rail and first and second moveable holding elements, each of the holding elements having gripping elements for engaging a part or part stack during the manufacturing process.