Patent ID: 9565897
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A43B

Claim:
1. A method of making a lasting board for an article of footwear, the lasting board having a member, an upper layer and a lower layer, comprising the steps of: forming the member of a first material, the member having a sole shape with a forward member portion and a rearward member portion disposed rearwardly of the forward member portion; the member having a first thickness in the forward member portion and the member having the same first thickness in the rearward member portion; reducing the first thickness of the rearward member portion to form an intermediate layer having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness; forming the upper layer on an upper surface of the intermediate layer and forming the lower layer on a lower surface of the intermediate layer; the forward member portion of the member comprising a forward portion of the lasting board having the first thickness; the upper layer, the intermediate layer and the lower layer together comprising a rearward portion of the lasting board having the first thickness; both the upper layer and the lower layer being formed of a second material that is different from the first material; the forward portion and the rearward portion meeting at a transition zone, wherein the transition zone has the first thickness; and wherein the forward portion is more flexible than the rearward portion.