ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,903, issued on July 1, was assigned to ON CLOUDS GMBH (Zurich, Switzerland).
"Method for producing a textile material" was invented by Johannes Voelchert (Zurich, Switzerland), Nils Arne Altrogge (Zumikon, Switzerland) and Martin Ruegg (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a textile material, in particular a shoe upper, including the steps of: providing a shaping support, in particular a last; melting a polymer composition at a first temperature; applying the molten polymer composition to the shaping support. The molten polymer composition is applied to the shaping support by a nozzle which has an ...