Covering for an elasticized band for a shoe provided with a tongue

• US 20060168848A1
• Filed: 01/19/2006
• Published: 08/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LORO Piana SPA (Christian Dior SE)
• Original Assignee: ING LORO Piana & C SPA
• Inventors: Leoncini, Fabio
• Granted Patent: US 7,770,308 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 36/51
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/07 Linings therefor lining laminated with upper A43B23/026
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/26 Tongues for shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/08 with rubber or elastic insertions or gussets

Abstract

Described herein is a covering for an elasticized band for a shoe provided with a tongue; the shoe is of the type in which the upper, in a position corresponding to the instep of the foot, has a tongue contained between two sides flaps of the upper, and, inside the shoe, an elasticized band extends between the two flaps of upper in a position facing the tongue; the covering is constituted by a lining, which lines in bridge-like fashion the elasticized band from inside the shoe, and is fixed, on one side, to the upper, in the proximity of the edge of attachment of the tongue and, on the other side, to the end edge of the tongue itself.

Claims

1. ) A covering for an elasticized band for a shoe provided with a tongue;

the shoe being of the type in which the upper, in an area corresponding to the instep of the foot, has a tongue contained between two side flaps of the upper, and, inside the shoe, an elasticized band extends between the two flaps of upper in a position facing the tongue, said covering comprising a lining, which lines in a bridge-like fashion the elasticized band from inside the shoe, and is fixed, on one side, to the upper, in the proximity of an edge of attachment of the tongue and, on the other side, to an end edge of the tongue.

2. ) The covering according to claim 1, wherein the lining comprising the covering of the elasticized band is the lining of the shoe.

3. ) The covering according to claim 1, wherein the lining comprising the covering of the elasticized band is sewn to the upper in the proximity of the edge of attachment of the tongue.