Sporting goods and methods for interconnecting components of a sporting good

• US 10,875,252 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2017
• Issued: 12/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: Seefried, Andreas Johannes, Dyckmans, Clemens Paul, Kurtz, Maximilian Philipp
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Vishal I
• Application Number:
  US15/846,771
• Publication Number:
  US 20180169960A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0072 made at least partially of transparent or translucent materials
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0078 provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration A43B23/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/00 Footwear for sporting purposes non-skid devices, e.g. ice-spurs or studs for football shoes, A43C15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 9/20 welded
• CPC Class Codes: A43D 25/20 Arrangements for activating or for accelerating setting of adhesives, e.g. by using heat
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/1412 Infrared [IR] radiation
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/1416 Near-infrared radiation [NIR]
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/1419 Mid-infrared radiation [MIR]
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/1422 Far-infrared radiation [FIR]
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/1432 direct heating of the surfaces to be joined
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 65/1496 making use of masks B29C65/1696 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/1122 Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints B29C66/45, B29C66/472, B29C66/52272 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/532 Joining single elements to the wall of tubular articles, hollow articles or bars
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/71 characterised by the composition of the plastics material of the parts to be joined welding bar compositions B29C65/125
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/723 being multi-layered B29C66/7292, B29C66/72941 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/727 being porous, e.g. foam
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 66/73921 characterised by the materials of both parts being thermoplastics
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/10 having preformed soles or heels joined on to preformed uppers using a moulding technique, e.g. by feeding or injecting plastics material between the parts to be joined
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2021/003 Thermoplastic elastomers
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/00 Use of polyalkenes or derivatives thereof as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/06 : PE, i.e. polyethylene
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/12 : PP, i.e. polypropylene
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/16 : EPM, i.e. ethylene-propylene copolymers; EPDM, i.e. ethylene-propylene-diene copolymers; EPT, i.e. ethylene-propylene terpolymers
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2023/22 : Copolymers of isobutene, e.g. butyl rubber
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2067/00 : Use of polyesters or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2067/003 : PET, i.e. poylethylene terephthalate
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2067/006 : PBT, i.e. polybutylene terephthalate
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2075/00 : Use of PU, i.e. polyureas or polyurethanes or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2077/00 : Use of PA, i.e. polyamides, e.g. polyesteramides or derivatives thereof, as moulding material
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2096/04 : Block polymers
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2701/12 : Thermoplastic materials
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/504 : Soles
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/505 : Uppers
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 10/00 : Processes of additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 : Products made by additive manufacturing

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for interconnecting components of a sporting good, in particular a sports shoe, and a sports shoe manufactured with such a method. The method may include (a.) forming a pattern element having at least one removable at least partially non-transparent or non-reflective portion, (b.) irradiating at least one of the first and the second component via the pattern element with heat radiation and (c.) interconnecting the irradiated first and second component.

Claims

1. A method for interconnecting a first component and a second component of a sporting good, the method comprising:

irradiating at least one of the first component and the second component via a pattern element with heat radiation, wherein;

the pattern element at least partially covers at least one of the first component or the second component,

the pattern element comprises a plate having at least one substantially transparent region and at least one removable element, wherein the at least one removable element is formed of at least partially non-transparent material, and

the removable element is positioned to at least partially overlap the at least one substantially transparent region of the plate; and

interconnecting the first component and the second component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable element is at least partially non-reflective.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising depositing the at least one removable element onto the pattern element.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein depositing the at least one removable element onto the pattern element comprises at least one of the following methods:

an additive manufacturing method, an inkjet printing method, a laser printer method, and a toner method.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising removing the at least one removable element from the pattern element.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern element comprises a thickness from 0.1 mm to 6 mm.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern element comprises a thickness from 0.5 mm to 2 mm.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plate is a glass plate being at least partially transparent for the heat radiation.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern element comprises a mirror.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable element comprises a plurality of layers.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the plurality of layers form at least one 3D shape.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable element comprises at least two materials having different values for at least one of transmissivity and reflectivity.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable portion element comprises one material having at least two sections with different values for at least one of transmissivity and reflectivity.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least two sections comprise different thicknesses.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the at least two sections comprise different material densities.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and the second component of the sporting good comprise at least one of the following:

a sole unit, a midsole, an outsole, an outsole element, a sole plate, a shoe upper, and a functional element.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the heat radiation is provided by at least one heat source, wherein the at least one heat source comprises infrared radiation originating from at least one IR-radiation source.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one removable element comprises at least one of the following:

a powder, a granulate, a liquid, and an emulsion.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the sporting good comprises a sports shoe.