Patent ID: 11879046
Assignee: UNIVERSAL BRANDS, LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 10:
11. A method for making a section of textured foam with at least a portion of an upper surface that substantially resembles a look of a human fingerprint, wherein the at least the portion of the upper surface is configured to provide grip traction between the at least the portion of the upper surface and a hand or a foot of a user of the textured foam; wherein the method comprises:
compressing a section of non-textured foam with a compression means, wherein the compression means comprises a textured imprinting surface with a negative image that substantially resembles the look of the human fingerprint for imprinting an inverse of the negative image onto at least a portion of a top surface of the non-textured foam, to output the at least the portion of the upper surface of the textured foam that substantially resembles the look of the human fingerprint.