Patent ID: 9591892
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A43B,A43D

Claim:
1. A method of making an article of footwear, comprising: providing a last shaped to resemble a human foot; forming at least a first footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field; covering at least a portion of the last with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the first footwear component and a second footwear component; applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material; and joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more footwear components with the induction heating; wherein the first footwear component formed of a susceptor material is at least one of a panel of an upper of the article of footwear, a heel counter, a toe cap, a support plate of a midsole, and a ground-contacting sole component.