Patent ID: 11903447
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 14:
15. A method for manufacturing a shoe, the method comprising:
removing a flat pattern upper comprising part of a shoe from a continuous substrate;
stitching the flat pattern upper of the shoe using a thread, wherein the stitched flat pattern upper includes at least two regions comprising:
a first region defined by a first color and/or visual pattern, and
a second region defined by a second color and/or visual pattern that is visually distinctive from the first color and/or visual pattern;

printing the thread that is stitched at least partially in the first region to at least partially match it with the first color and/or visual pattern in the first region; and
printing the thread that is stitched at least partially in the second region to at least partially match it with the second color and/or visual pattern in the second region.