Method for making a cleated plate

• US 8,945,449 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2011
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Atwal, Balwant S., Gerber, Clifford B., Horesh, Haim, Sam, Peter Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Edmund H.
• Application Number:
  US13/091,236
• Publication Number:
  US 20120266490A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 264/255
• 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: A43C 15/02 attached to the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/16 Studs or cleats for football or like boots
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 15/161 characterised by the attachment to the sole
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/1601 the injected materials not being adhered or bonded to each other B29C45/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14065 Positioning or centering articles in the mould
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14336 Coating a portion of the article, e.g. the edge of the article B29C45/14573 and B29C45/14598 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1675 using exchangeable mould halves
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/2618 having screw-threaded mould walls
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/0009 by injection moulding; Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/12 Producing parts thereof, e.g. soles, heels, uppers, by a moulding technique
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/128 Moulds or apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/14 Multilayered parts
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/142 Soles
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 35/148 Moulds or apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B29K 2075/00 Use of PU, i.e. polyureas or polyurethanes or derivatives thereof, as moulding material

Abstract

A method for making a cleated plate member for an article of footwear is described. The method includes a number of steps where various molds are used to form different components of the cleated plate member. A collar receptacle is formed using a first molding process. A cleat member is formed from a non-compatible material with a fastener of the cleat member associated with the collar receptacle using another molding process to form a combined cleat assembly. The combined cleat assembly is placed into corresponding receptacles in a mold used to form the cleated plate member. The cleated plate member is formed using another molding process that embeds the collar receptacle into the body of the cleated plate member. The completed cleated plate member includes releasably attached cleat members.

Claims

1. A method of making a cleated plate member for an article of footwear comprising the steps of:

forming a collar receptacle having a hole using a first molding system;

forming at least one cleat member having a fastener element using the collar receptacle and a second molding system to form a cleat assembly;

placing the cleat assembly into at least one cleat assembly receptacle disposed in a plate cavity associated with a third molding system; and

forming a cleated plate member having the collar receptacle embedded within a body of the cleated plate member using the third molding system.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collar receptacle and the fastener element are formed from non-compatible materials.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of forming the collar receptacle includes using a first molding material;

wherein the step of forming the at least one cleat member using the collar receptacle and the second molding system includes using a second molding material; and

wherein the first molding material and the second molding material are non-compatible.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the step of forming the cleated plate member includes using a third molding material;

and

wherein the third molding material bonds with the first molding material.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the second molding material and the third molding material are non-compatible.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cleat member is disposed along an outer surface of the cleated plate member.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the cleat member is releasably attached to the cleated plate member through the embedded collar receptacle.

8. A method of making a cleated plate member for an article of footwear comprising the steps of:

forming a cleat assembly including a collar receptacle associated with a cleat member using a first molding system;

placing the cleat assembly into at least one cleat assembly receptacle disposed in a plate cavity associated with a second molding system;

forming a cleated plate member having the collar receptacle embedded within a body of the cleated plate member using the second molding system; and

wherein the cleat member is releasably attached to the cleated plate member through the collar receptacle.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the cleat member includes a fastener element;

and

wherein the fastener element and the collar receptacle are formed from non-compatible materials.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the cleat member is a two-piece cleat member having a central portion and an outer shell portion;

and

wherein the central portion includes a fastener element for releasably attaching the cleat member to the cleated plate member through the collar receptacle.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the collar receptacle has a horseshoe shaped cross-section.

12. The method according to claim 8, wherein the collar receptacle has a plurality of holes disposed along an upper portion;

and

wherein a molding material associated with the cleated plate member is disposed within the plurality of holes along the upper portion of the collar receptacle.