SHOE

• US 20140310986A1
• Filed: 04/21/2014
• Published: 10/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: Tamm, Stefen, Arnese, Carl, Carnes, James
• Granted Patent: US 10,834,991 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 36/84
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/00 Footwear characterised by the material
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/04 braided, knotted, knitted or crocheted
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/125 characterised by the midsole or middle layer
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/14 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/187 Resiliency achieved by the features of the material, e.g. foam, non liquid materials
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/22 Soles made slip-preventing or wear-resisting, e.g. by impregnation or spreading a wear-resisting layer
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0245 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0275 with a part of the upper particularly rigid, e.g. resisting articulation or torsion
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/106 Disposable slippers; One-piece slippers
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/16 synthetic threads
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0114 with one or more yarns appearing predominantly on one face, e.g. plated or paralleled yarns for pile fabrics D03D27/00, D04B1/02, D04B21/02; for intarsia fabrics D04B1/126
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/021 Lofty fabric with equidistantly spaced front and back plies, e.g. spacer fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/022 Lofty fabric with variably spaced front and back plies, e.g. spacer fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0241 enhancing mechanical properties
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/02411 with a single array of unbent yarn, e.g. unidirectional reinforcement fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0243 enhancing functional properties
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/032 Flat fabric of variable width, e.g. including one or more fashioned panels
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2501/043 Footwear
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2501/061 Piped openings (pockets)

Abstract

Described are shoes having an upper, and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper. At least one of the outer sole and the midsole is formed of knitwear.

Claims

1. A shoe comprising:

(a) an upper and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole;

(b) one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole connected to the upper; and

(c) one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole comprising knitwear.

2. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the upper comprises knitwear.

3. The shoe according to claim 2, wherein the knitwear in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole and the knitwear in an area of the upper are formed as one-piece knitwear.

4. The shoe according to claim 2, wherein the knitwear in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole comprises a different binding than the knitwear in an area of the upper.

5. The shoe according to claim 2, wherein the knitwear in an area of the upper comprises a first yarn, and the knitwear in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole comprises a second yarn.

6. The shoe according to claim 5, wherein the second yarn is thicker than the first yarn.

7. The shoe according to claim 5, wherein the second yarn is more abrasion-resistant than the first yarn.

8. The shoe according to claim 5, wherein the second yarn is more water-repellent than the first yarn.

9. The shoe according to claim 2, wherein the knitwear in an area of the upper is more permeable to air than the knitwear in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole.

10. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the knitwear in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole is arranged so that wales of the knitwear in the area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole run substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole.

11. The shoe according claim 1, wherein the knitwear comprises stability elements in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole.

12. The shoe according to claim 11, wherein the stability elements are at least one of ribs, waves, and knobs.

13. The shoe according to claim 11, wherein the stability elements are arranged substantially transversely to a longitudinal axis.

14. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the knitwear is weft-knitted.

15. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the knitwear is warp-knitted.

16. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole is reinforced with a polymer material.

17. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the knitwear comprises a thermoplastic yarn in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole.

18. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole comprises at least the outer sole, and the knitwear comprises at least one rubberized yarn in an area of the at least the outer sole.

19. The shoe according claim 1, wherein the knitwear in at least an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole has been at least partially immersed in at least one of a rubber bath and a polymer bath.

20. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the knitwear in an area of the one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole is a spacer weft-knitted fabric or a spacer warp-knitted fabric.

21. The shoe according to claim 20, wherein layers of the spacer weft-knitted fabric or the spacer warp-knitted fabric comprise different yarns.

22. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole comprises the outer sole and the midsole, and the knitwear of the outer sole comprises a weft-knitted or a warp-knitted pocket into which the midsole is inserted.

23. A shoe comprising:

an upper comprising knitwear; and

at least one of an outer sole and a midsole comprising knitwear connected to the upper.

24. A method for the manufacture of a shoe comprising an upper and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole, the method comprising:

providing the upper;

manufacturing the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole, wherein one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole comprises knitwear; and

joining one or more of the at least one of the outer sole and the midsole to the upper of the shoe.