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Customized shoe textures and shoe portions

  • US 9,883,711 B2
  • Filed: 07/23/2015
  • Issued: 02/06/2018
  • 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 an upper portion of a shoe 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 the upper portion of the 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 upper portion of the shoe;

    creating, using the processor, a data file corresponding to the upper 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 upper portion of the shoe, wherein manufacturing the forefoot flexibility portion comprises forming a shoe wall in the forefoot area of the upper portion of the shoe having a first thickness that is less than a second thickness of the forefoot area of the upper portion of the shoe without the forefoot flexibility portion.

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