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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2012
Applicants:
Eric A. Boardman, Portland, OR (US);
Levi J. Patton, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Eric A. Boardman, Portland, OR (US);
Levi J. Patton, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 3/02 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); A43B 13/28 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/08 (2006.01); A43B 23/17 (2006.01); A43D 11/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43D 3/02 (2013.01); A43B 13/28 (2013.01); A43B 23/0255 (2013.01); A43B 23/087 (2013.01); A43B 23/17 (2013.01); A43D 3/026 (2013.01); A43D 11/12 (2013.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01); H05B 6/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for making an article of footwear is provided. The apparatus may include a last shaped to resemble a human foot and being formed at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The apparatus may also include an induction coil disposed proximate to the last and configured to produce an electromagnetic field that causes the susceptor material in the last to increase in temperature by induction heating.