Patent ID: 8784939

Claim:
A method of printing a graphic on a high-top shoe, comprising: a. providing a high-top shoe platen, comprising: i. a shoe plate having a back edge, a front edge opposite the back edge, a lateral edge adjacent to the back edge and front edge, a medial edge opposite the lateral edge and adjacent to the back edge and front edge, and a “Z”-shaped slot with a protruding fixing peg, the “Z”-shaped slot adjacent to the back edge and the lateral edge, ii. an adjuster slidably attached to the lateral edge, and iii. a slider bracket slidably attached to the back edge; and b. inserting the lateral edge of the top shoe plate with the shoe adjuster and slider bracket into a mouth of the shoe; c. positioning the shoe adjuster against an insole of the shoe; d. positioning the slider bracket against a back of an upper of the shoe; e. inserting the fixing peg into an eyelet of the shoe; f. adjusting the fixing peg inside the “Z”-shaped slot of the shoe plate, the shoe adjuster, and the slider bracket until the shoe is taught; and g. placing the shoe platen with the shoe into a printing device to print a graphic on the shoe.