US 12,114,728 B2
Mold for sockliner with integral skirt
Bruce J. Kilgore, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,155.
Application 18/348,155 is a division of application No. 16/394,744, filed on Apr. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,730,234.
Application 16/394,744 is a division of application No. 15/439,628, filed on Feb. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,299,538, issued on May 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/300,760, filed on Feb. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346078 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 44/12 (2006.01); A43B 7/1405 (2022.01); A43B 7/142 (2022.01); A43B 7/143 (2022.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/39 (2006.01); A43B 17/00 (2006.01); A43B 17/02 (2006.01); A43B 17/14 (2006.01); A43B 17/18 (2006.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 17/18 (2013.01) [A43B 7/141 (2013.01); A43B 7/142 (2013.01); A43B 7/143 (2013.01); A43B 13/141 (2013.01); A43B 13/39 (2013.01); A43B 17/006 (2013.01); A43B 17/02 (2013.01); A43B 17/14 (2013.01); B29C 44/1209 (2013.01); B29C 44/1271 (2013.01); B29D 35/142 (2013.01); B29D 35/148 (2013.01); B29L 2031/50 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mold for forming a sockliner with an integrated fabric skirt, the mold comprising:
a forming surface defining a cavity within the mold, the forming surface comprising a central portion and a periphery; and
one or more indentations in the central portion of the forming surface, the one or more indentations permitting fluid communication of a flowable foam from the cavity into the one or more indentations, wherein the periphery of the forming surface is without indentations.