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

Claim 0:
1. 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 using a continuous thread; and
printing at least a portion of the stitched flat pattern upper in at least two regions comprising:
a first region defined by a first color and/or visual pattern, and at least a second region defined by a second color and/or visual pattern that is visually distinctive from the first color and/or visual pattern,
wherein the continuous thread is stitched at least partially in the first region and at least partially in the second region, and wherein, after printing, the continuous thread is printed such that it matches the first color and/or visual pattern in the first region and matches the second color and/or visual pattern in the second region.