Athletics shoe
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Abstract
The application relates to a sole (20) for footwear (10) which has a toe part (70) being made of a substantially inflexible material, a ball part (80) being made of a flexible material, and an instep-heel part (90) being made of a substantially inflexible material. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the substantially inflexible material is carbon fibre in a thermoplastic epoxy resin and the flexible material of an aramide fibre in a thermoplastic epoxy resin. The application also teaches a shoe made with this sole and a method for the manufacture of the shoe.
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47 Claims
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25. A sole for footwear comprising:
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a toe part being made of a substantially inflexible material;
a ball part being made of a flexible material; and
an instep-heel part being made of a substantially inflexible material. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An article of footwear comprising:
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a sole having a toe part, a ball part, an instep part, and a heel part;
an open toe section;
an instep section having two instep side supports, the instep side supports being connected to the instep part of the sole and otherwise being open; and
a heel section. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. An article of footwear comprising:
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a sole having a toe part, a ball part, an instep part, and a heel part;
an open toe section;
an instep section; and
a heel section, wherein the heel section has two heel side supports and an end heel support, and the two heel side supports and the end heel support are connected at a first end to the heel part of the sole and are connected to each other at the other end. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for the manufacture of an article of footwear comprising:
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a first step of placing at least one ply of a first material in a toe part and an instep-heel part of a mould;
a second step of placing at least one ply of a second material in a ball part of the mould, wherein the first material and the second material overlap at seams;
a third step of placing at least one ply of a third material in the toe part and the instep-heel part of the mould; and
a fourth step of curing the first material and the second material to form the article of footwear. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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Specification