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Customized Shoe Textures And Shoe Portions

  • US 20150320138A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2015
  • Published: 11/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computerized method for creating a three-dimensional (3-D) portion of a shoe having a first type of functional property using rapid manufacturing techniques, the computerized method carried out by a processor running on a computer, and comprising:

  • presenting a plurality of 3-D functional portion options on a user interface device, each of the plurality of 3-D functional portion options representing one of a plurality of 3-D functional portions to be applied to a portion of a shoe;

    receiving from an input device a user selection of at least one 3-D functional portion option of the plurality of 3-D functional portion options, the at least one 3-D functional portion option representing a first 3-D functional portion comprising a forefoot flexibility portion configured to provide flexibility in a forefoot area of the portion of the shoe;

    creating, using the processor, a data file corresponding to the portion of the shoe and the forefoot flexibility portion;

    storing the data file as computer-readable instructions at a non-transitory data storage medium of the computer; and

    using the data file to instruct a rapid manufacturing device to manufacture at least the forefoot flexibility portion of the portion of the shoe.

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