Patent ID: 11918076
Assignee: REEBOK INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for manufacturing an article of footwear, comprising:
arranging a three-dimensional upper on a last;
placing a plurality of elongated support structures on the three-dimensional upper arranged on the last using an automated placement assembly, wherein the plurality of elongated support structures comprises a first support structure and a second support structure spatially separated from the first support structure, and wherein placing the plurality of elongated support structures comprises:
terminating an end portion of the first elongated support structure at a perimeter edge of the three-dimensional upper,
placing a first free end portion of the second elongated support structure at a location spaced away from any perimeter edge of the three-dimensional upper and spaced away from a bottom of the upper, and
placing a second free end portion of the second elongated support structure at a location spaced away from any perimeter edge of three-dimensional upper and spaced away from the bottom of the upper; and

heating the plurality of elongated support structures to secure the plurality of elongated support structures to the upper.