Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD OF MAKING KNIT FOOTWEAR HAVING AN INTEGRAL FOOTBED
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Application No.: US15648514Application Date: 2017-07-13
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Publication No.: US20180332920A1Publication Date: 2018-11-22
- Inventor: John H. Burch
- Applicant: Wolverine Outdoors, Inc.
- Main IPC: A43B1/04
- IPC: A43B1/04 ; A43B23/02 ; A43B23/04 ; A43D3/02 ; A43B13/40 ; D04B9/00

Abstract:
A method for making a footwear upper assembly, including knitting a tube to form first and second sock portions integrally joined at an intermediate portion; defining a first sock void and a first opening in the first sock portion; turning the second sock portion inside out, folding relative to the intermediate portion, and moving the second sock portion into the first sock void; inserting a footbed through the first opening into a footbed void formed between first and second lower panels of respective first and second sock portions; and closing the first opening to trap the footbed between the first and second lower panels. Alternatively, the method includes placing the knit tube on a last, placing a footbed adjacent the first lower panel, turning the second sock portion right-side out and moving it around an exterior of the first sock portion, and trapping the footbed within the footbed void.
Public/Granted literature
- US10327498B2 Method of making knit footwear having an integral footbed Public/Granted day:2019-06-25
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