US Patent Issued to PUMA on Dec. 2 for "Systems and methods for manufacturing an article of footwear" (Thai, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,591, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PUMA SE (Herzogenaurach, Germany).

"Systems and methods for manufacturing an article of footwear" was invented by Matthias Hartmann (Forchheim, Germany) and Pairush Sermpongs (Ayutthaya Province, Thailand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a foam component of a sole structure includes positioning a preformed component within a cavity of an autoclave, heating the preformed component to be at or above a glass transition temperature of a material of the preformed component, and pressurizing the autoclave. The method further includes injecting a blowing agent into the cavity of...