Footwear assembly

• US 10,524,541 B2
• Filed: 12/05/2017
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chih-Fang Lo
• Original Assignee: Chih-Fang Lo
• Inventors: Lo, Chih-Fang
• Primary Examiner(s): Tompkins, Alissa J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Marin, Dakota
• Application Number:
  US15/832,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20190166953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 36 93, 36136, 36 10, 36 55, 36 9 R
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0027 made at least partially from a material having special colours
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0072 made at least partially of transparent or translucent materials
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0081 made at least partially of hook-and-loop type material hook and loop-type straps for fastening purpose A43C11/1493
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/18 Arrangements for attaching removable insoles to footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 19/00 Shoe-shaped inserts; Inserts covering the instep
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/02 Uppers; Boot legs
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0245 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0295 Pieced uppers
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/07 Linings therefor lining laminated with upper A43B23/026
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/24 Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/26 Tongues for shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0078 provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration A43B23/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 5/0409 with means for attaching inner boots or parts thereof to shells of skiboots
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/12 Special watertight footwear overshoes A43B3/16
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/125 provided with a vapour permeable member, e.g. a membrane A43B23/022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/20 Ankle-joint supports or holders

Abstract

A footwear assembly includes a shoe having a vamp and an outsole. The shoe includes a first room defined between the vamp and the outsole, and a first opening is formed in the top of the shoe and communicates with the first room. A first connection member is located on outside of the first opening. A water-proof sock is inserted in the first room via the first opening, and has a neck portion formed along the second opening of the water-proof sock. The neck portion is able to be foldable relative to the water-proof sock and has a second connection member which is connected to the first connection member when the neck portion is foldable relative to the water-proof sock.

Claims

1. A footwear assembly comprising:

a shoe having a vamp and an outsole, the vamp connected to the outsole so as to define a first room in the shoe, the shoe including a first opening which is located on a top of the shoe and communicates with the first room, a first connection member located on an outside of the shoe and located at an outside of the first opening, the shoe including a first tongue which extends toward the first opening, the first tongue having a folding plate located at a distal end thereof, the folding plate having a first positioning member formed on an inside thereof which faces the first opening, and

a water-proof sock inserted in the first room via the first opening and having a second room and a second opening, the water-proof sock including a second tongue which extends toward the second opening of the water-proof sock, the second tongue having a second positioning member formed on an inside thereof which faces the second opening, the second tongue located between the first tongue and the folding plate, the folding plate being folded into the second opening of the water-proof sock, the first and second positioning members being connected to each other, a neck portion formed along the second opening and having a second connection member, the neck portion being folded to the outside of the shoe, and the second connection member connected to the first connection member.

2. The footwear assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the neck portion includes multiple hooking members on an outside thereof, each hooking member includes a base and a hook portion, the base has a first end thereof connected to the neck portion, the hook portion is formed on a second end of the base corresponding thereto, a hooking slot is defined between the base and the hooking portion of each hooking member, each hooking slot opens toward a direction that is opposite to the first tongue.

3. The footwear assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the neck portion includes multiple snapping members connected to an outside thereof.

4. The footwear assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first and second connection members each are a hook-and-loop strip.

5. The footwear assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second positioning members each are a hook-and-loop strip.

6. The footwear assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein a sponge sheet is located between the first tongue and the folding plate.