US Patent Issued on Aug. 19 for "Method for manufacturing a sole structure comprising a fully or partially hot-formed textile sole element, and footwear item comprising such a sole structure" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,975, issued on Aug. 19.

"Method for manufacturing a sole structure comprising a fully or partially hot-formed textile sole element, and footwear item comprising such a sole structure" was invented by Vincent Ventenat (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a sole structure involving supplying at least one textile sole element having an outer face, including one or more at least partially hot-meltable filament(s); placing the at least one textile sole element in a mould structure including a sole cavity intended to come into contact with the outer face of the textile sole element; placing a...