Abstract: The invention relates to devices and methods for designing and manufacturing customized footwear, and components thereof. An exemplary method includes a method of designing at least a portion of a sole of an article of footwear customized for a user. The method includes the steps of determining at least one input parameter related to a user, analyzing the at least one input parameter to determine at least one performance metric of a foot of the user, and determining at least one customized structural characteristic of at least a portion of a sole of an article of footwear for the user based on the performance metric.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 19, 2019
Assignee:
New Balance Athletics, Inc.
Inventors:
Chris Wawrousek, Daniel P. Dempsey, Jean-Francois Fullum, Sean B. Murphy, Pedro Rodrigues, Trampas Tenbroek