Patent ID: 9681709
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A43B,A43D,B29D,G06Q,Y02P

Claim:
1. A method for the manufacture of a plurality of shoes, the method comprising: providing an automatically-driven transport belt comprising a knit material defining a plurality of flat regions that include at least a first flat region and a second flat region, the knit material further at least partially defining a plurality of primary shoe components for the manufacture of the plurality of shoes, wherein each of the plurality of primary shoe components comprise at least a part of a shoe upper, wherein the plurality of primary shoe components includes at least a first primary shoe component that is configured for a first shoe model and that is incorporated into the first flat region, wherein the plurality of primary shoe components further includes at least a second primary shoe component that is configured for a second shoe model and that is incorporated into the second flat region, the second shoe model being different from the first shoe model; passing the automatically-driven transport belt through at least one first processing station comprising at least one first automated robotic system for adding secondary shoe components to the primary shoe components; processing at least a subset of the plurality of primary shoe components in the at least one first processing station by at least: passing the automatically-driven transport belt through at least one second processing station comprising at least one second automated robotic system for connecting the secondary shoe components to the primary shoe components by stitching; processing at least a subset of the plurality of primary shoe components in the at least one second processing station by at least: providing the plurality of shoes, wherein at least one of the plurality of shoes comprises a first shoe corresponding to the first shoe model and formed at least in part from the first primary shoe component automatically stitched together with the first secondary shoe component, and wherein at least another of the plurality of shoes comprises a second shoe corresponding to the second shoe model and formed at least in part from the second primary shoe component automatically stitched together with the second secondary shoe component.