US 12,245,660 B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing an article of footwear
Reinhold Sussmann, Scheinfeld (DE)
Assigned to PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/886,770.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,928, filed on Aug. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046685 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A43B 23/04 (2006.01); A43B 1/04 (2022.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A43B 23/042 (2013.01) [A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A43B 13/125 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear, comprising:
a sleeve formed by a knit material and defining a front distal end and a rear distal end, wherein the sleeve includes an external surface and an internal surface that defines an internal cavity;
a midsole arranged within the internal cavity; and
a framework printed, layer by layer, onto portions of the external surface, wherein the framework includes a plurality of segments and an outsole, the outsole being arranged on a bottom portion of the external surface and the plurality of segments extend along the external surface of the sleeve between the front distal end and the rear distal end,
wherein the external surface is opposite the internal surface,
wherein the outsole is directly attached to the external surface,
wherein at least a portion of the plurality of segments extend along and directly contact the bottom portion of the external surface, and
wherein the bottom portion of the external surface extends from a lateral side to a medial side of the sleeve to be configured to extend underneath a user's foot when positioned in the internal cavity.