US 11,752,719 B2
Footwear injection mould
Hans Christian Hansen, Bredebro (DK); and Malte Jakobsen, Bredebro (DK)
Assigned to ECCO Sko A/S, Bredebro (DK)
Filed by ECCO Sko, Bredebro (DK)
Filed on Jun. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/337,031.
Claims priority of application No. 20177958 (EP), filed on Jun. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379853 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B29D 35/00 (2010.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01)
CPC B29D 35/0027 (2013.01) [B29D 35/122 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear injection mold for direct injection molding of footwear soles onto lasted footwear uppers, the footwear injection mold comprising:
a first mold cavity defining a first sole of a footwear part;
a second mold cavity defining a second sole of a footwear part;
the lasted uppers define the upper vertical boundaries of the first and second mould cavities;
a first side frame defining at least a part of a first side of the first mold cavity and the second mold cavity;
a second side frame defining at least a part of a second side of the first mold cavity and the second mold cavity; and
a bottom frame defining at least a part of the first mold cavity and the second mold cavity,
wherein at least one of the first side frame or the second side frame define(s) at least a part of an injection channel which is in fluid communication with the first mold cavity and the second mold cavity from outside of the footwear injection mold, and wherein the first mold cavity and/or the second mold cavity extend(s) along a longitudinal axis of the footwear injection mold.