US 11,795,595 B2
Manufacturing frame
Jared S. Baggen, Portland, OR (US); Bruce Alan Barney, Portland, OR (US); Daniel B. DeHaven, Sherwood, OR (US); Bruce J. Kilgore, Lake Oswego, OR (US); and John Joseph Terlizzi, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/168,364.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/576,600, filed on Oct. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0119843 A1, Apr. 25, 2019
Int. Cl. D06C 3/08 (2006.01); A43D 8/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01); B26D 7/02 (2006.01); D06H 7/00 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC D06C 3/08 (2013.01) [A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43D 8/00 (2013.01); A43D 8/003 (2013.01); B26D 7/015 (2013.01); B26D 7/025 (2013.01); D06H 7/00 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A frame for use in manufacturing having a long side and a short side, the frame comprising:
a perimeter defined by the long side, a second, opposing long side, the short side, and a second, opposing short side;
a gasket incorporated with the frame, wherein the gasket is compressible and capable of securing a material to the frame;
a first alignment tab extending from the frame long side, the first alignment tab comprising an alignment element, wherein the first alignment tab and the alignment element allow for positioning of the frame at a manufacturing station and defining an origin for a manufacturing process to occur within a center area defined by the perimeter; and
an ejection pin that is capable of separating the frame from a second frame by pushing the frame away from the second frame, the second frame configured to coextensively mate with the frame.