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  Item of footwear, particularyly an item of sports footwearUSPTO Application #: 20060021258Title: Item of footwear, particularyly an item of sports footwear Abstract: The invention relates to an item of footwear, particularly an item of sports footwear, e.g. ski boot, cross-country ski boot, hiking footwear or the like. The leg (5) of the item of footwear is made of a textile material and is joined, preferably adhered, to a preformed, for example, extruded toe cap (4), to a, for example, extruded counter (6), and to an anatomically shaped midsole (2), above all when a watertight item of footwear is desired. (end of abstract) Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC - Washington, DC, US Inventor: Hermann Beck USPTO Applicaton #: 20060021258 - Class: 036117100 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Boots, Shoes, And Leggings, Boots And Shoes, Occupational Or Athletic Shoe (e.g., Roof Climbing, Gardening, Etc.), Athletic Shoe Or Attachment Therefor, For A Sport (e.g., Skating, Skiing, Etc.) Featuring Relative Movement Between Shoe And Ground, For Walking Or Sliding On Shifting Media, Ski Boot The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060021258. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] The invention relates to footwear and, in particular, sports footwear, e.g. a ski boot, cross-country ski boot or the like, whose upper includes a front cap and a rear cap. [0002] Conventional shoes are made up in a manner that the upper material, e.g., leather or any other material, is pinched around a last, whereupon a more or less flat sole is glued on. In that case, a foot bed must be placed into the shoe to realize the natural shape of the foot in its three-dimensionality. The shoe upper is usually punched from a flat material, which is brought into the three-dimensional shape of the last by appropriate darts and, in particular, by a reshaping process performed during the pinching procedure. This involves a more or less strong exertion of force. Due to the recovering abilities of the upper and lining materials, the final internal volume of a shoe is only difficult to control, because the material may shrink if the upper fits too tightly on the last, or the volume may be too large if the upper has not been sufficiently pinched around the last. Volumes differing between left and right shoes as well as from pair to pair are not unusual. [0003] Constructions in which textile insoles are sewn with the upper are also known (Strobel make). This helps achieve some sort of three-dimensionality of the heel (spherical heel) and joint. As a rule, insoles of that type are, however, soft and suppple thus lacking sufficient torsional stiffness. [0004] There are also combinations in which the forefoot is Strobel-stitched and the rear shoe part is provided with a hard, flat half-insole. [0005] In all types of construction, the heel height is applied outside of the insole in the form of a midsole or outsole. [0006] If an anatomically shaped foot bed is sought, the latter is normally inserted into the shoe subsequently in the form of a more or less shaped slipsole. The anatomical value of such slipsoles is a debatable point, since for cost reasons they are frequently made of unstable materials such as, e.g., EVA. [0007] It is the object of the present invention to provide a shoe of the initially defined kind, which avoids the above-mentioned drawbacks of known shows while ensuring an anatomically shaped form. [0008] This object is achieved in that the shoe is comprised of a multi-component system in which the upper is connected, preferably glued, with preformed toe and heel parts. A waterproof upper will be obtained by a gluing connection. [0009] According to a further characteristic feature of the invention, the toe and heel parts of the upper are each comprised of a three-dimensional part corresponding to the shape of the last and produced as a plastic molded part. This enables the production of molded parts of various stiffnesses. [0010] In a preferred manner, the shoe structure is comprised of three parts, namely a front cap, a rear cap and a wedge, which parts are adapted to a last and interconnected, preferably by gluing. This shoe design offers the advantage that the reshaping of shoe parts from two-dimensional into three-dimensional forms, as has been required so far, is no longer necessary such that an exertion of force or distortion is no longer needed. Gluing may naturally be replaced by any desired seam, particularly if no waterproof shoe is sought. [0011] According to a further characteristic feature of the invention, an insole may be sewed in the region of the forefoot. [0012] According to still another characteristic feature of the invention, it is also feasible to conventionally glue the region of the forefoot via a traditional insole (glue-pinching). [0013] A particularly comfortable shoe is obtained by the measure according to claim 5. [0014] Another advantage results from the measure according to claim 6 as well as the measure according to claim 7. [0015] The measure taken according to claim 8 provides a gradual transition between the wedge and the upper. [0016] Finally, also the measure according to claim 9 contributes to providing an advantageous shoe design. [0017] Further characteristic features of the invention will be explained in more detail by way of the drawings, which depict embodiments of the shoe structure according to the invention in simplified form. [0018] Therein: [0019] FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a shoe in the longitudinal section; [0020] FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the shoe in the heel region; [0021] FIG. 2A is a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 2; [0022] FIG. 3 shows another variant; [0023] FIG. 4 illustrates a cross section of the shoe according to the invention in the toe region, with the external upper and the outsole having been omitted for reasons of simplicity; [0024] FIG. 4A shows a variant of the embodiment according to FIG. 4; Continue reading... Full patent description for Item of footwear, particularyly an item of sports footwear Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Item of footwear, particularyly an item of sports footwear patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. 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