Patent ID: 9549587
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A43B,B29D,B29K

Claim:
1. A method of heat molding footwear, comprising the steps of: a) providing footwear with a contiguous or uniform heat-moldable portion formed of a heat-moldable material, wherein nothing is removable or detachable; b) heating the footwear to a temperature in which the heat-moldable portion becomes soft and moldable; c) placing a foot of a user into the footwear; d) pressing a plantar surface of the foot onto the heated heat-moldable portion for a predetermined period of time; and e) allowing the heat-moldable portion to cool wherein the heat-moldable portion conforms to the shape of the plantar surface of the user's foot; wherein the footwear comprises one continuous monolithic piece.