Patent ID: 7313876
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: A43B,B29D

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a sole component, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mold with a mold cavity defining a main body region and a plurality of lug regions extending from the main body region, (b) placing a fabric display layer in the mold, said fabric display layer having interstices such that the fabric display layer is sufficiently permeable at least in regions adjacent the plurality of lug regions to permit a sole material to pass through the fabric display layer, (c) injecting the sole material into the mold such that the sole material passes between the interstices of the fabric display layer and beyond the fabric display layer into the lug regions, whereby the fabric display layer is disposed at a surface of the main body region and spaced from a surface of the sole material in the plurality of lug regions, and (d) permitting the sole material to cure while in intimate contact with the fabric display layer to form a one-piece sole having a main body and a plurality of lugs extending from the main body, the fabric display layer being visible on a surface of the main body and being embedded in the lugs and not visible on a surface of the lugs.