Method of Making an Article of Footwear

摘要

A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes the steps of designing an article of footwear via a website, converting a footwear representation into a set of two-dimensional portions, printing the two dimensional portions onto a sheet material, cutting and assembling the two dimensional portions into a finalized article of footwear. The method further includes a step of shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. Systems for receiving an order for a customized article of footwear are also disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for producing a customized article of footwear, comprising:
receiving a customized three-dimensional footwear representation of the customized article of footwear, wherein the customized three-dimensional footwear representation includes a custom designated image to be applied to a customized portion of the customized article of footwear; converting the customized three-dimensional footwear representation into one or more two-dimensional portions, wherein a first two-dimensional portion of the one or more two-dimensional portions corresponds to the customized portion of the customized article of footwear; defining on a sheet material a cutout region corresponding to the first two-dimensional portion, wherein the sheet material has a color different from the custom designated image; applying the custom designated image to the sheet material within the first two-dimensional portion and also beyond the cutout region of the first two-dimensional portion; cutting the cutout region out of the sheet material to form the customized portion of the customized article of footwear; and assembling the customized portion with another portion of the customized article of footwear to form the customized article of footwear.