Methods of bladder molding at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear

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PATENT NO 12162235
APP PUB NO 20210237382A1
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17213366

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Methods for manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear that include thermo-forming a pattern on the upper. The methods may include disposing a skin for forming an upper over and inflatable bladder and disposing a mold insert between the skin and a surface of a mold cavity. The mold insert may include a mold pattern including surface features formed in the mold insert. The inflatable bladder may be inflated such that the skin is pressed against the mold insert within a heated mold cavity to form a pattern on an exterior surface of the skin and cause the skin to take on the shape of at least a portion of an upper. In some embodiments, the surface features may be disposed in a gradient pattern configured to provide varying degrees of one or more characteristics to different areas of an upper.

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ADIDAS AGWORLD OF SPORTS ADI-DASSLER-STRASSE 1 HERZOGENAURACH D-91074

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arnese, Carl Portland, US 42 1152
Blume, Keith Alexander Portland, US 2 16
Hennebery, Ian James Portland, US 8 100
Kleiman, Benjamin William Portland, US 5 36
Musho, Edward John Portland, US 6 130
Padovani, Matteo Edmond Portland, US 7 114
Schneider, Andrew Jacob Portland, US 6 115

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