SHOE, IN PARTICULAR A SPORTS SHOE

• US 20190053569A1
• Filed: 10/23/2015
• Published: 02/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Puma SE
• Original Assignee: Puma SE
• Inventors: JOHNSON, Charles, KRUGER, Thomas, SUSSMANN, Reinhold
• Granted Patent: US 10,765,168 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/141 with a part of the sole being flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 19/00 Shoe-shaped inserts; Inserts covering the instep
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0235 Different layers of different material
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0245 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0255 assembled by gluing or thermo bonding
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/14 with foot-supporting parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 9/00 Footwear characterised by the assembling of the individual parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 9/12 Stuck or cemented footwear
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 1/00 Shoe lacing fastenings garment fastening devices A41F

Abstract

A shoe, comprising a sole and a shoe upper, wherein the sole comprises a sole part which has a base region from which at least one support part extends upwards during the intended use of the shoe, wherein the shoe upper comprises a sock-like section connected to the sole for receiving the foot of the wearer. To obtain improved contact of the shoe with the foot of the wearer, the at least one support part covers the sock-like section on the shoe outer side, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part and the sock-like section over at least a section of the support part and that both the at least one support part and the sock-like section are surrounded by a tensioning element which tensions at least some sections of both the support part and the sock-like section against the foot of the wearer of the shoe.

Claims

1. Shoe (1), in particular sports shoe, comprising a sole (2) and a shoe upper (3),

wherein the sole (2) comprises a sole part (4) which has a base region (5) from which at least one support part (6, 6′

, 6″

) extends upwards during the intended use of the shoe (1),

wherein the shoe upper (3) comprises a sock-like section (7) connected to the sole (2) for receiving the foot of the wearer,

characterized in

that the at least one support part (6, 6′

, 6″

) covers the sock-like section (7) on the shoe outer side, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part (6, 6′

, 6″

) and the sock-like section (7) over at least a section of the support part (6, 6′

, 6″

) and

that both the at least one support part (6, 6′

, 6″

) and the sock-like section (7) are surrounded by a tensioning element (8) which tensions at least some sections of both the support part (6, 6′

, 6″

) and the sock-like section (7) against the foot of the wearer of the shoe.

2. Shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the tensioning element (8) is designed as net-like structure which comprises a plurality of apertures (9).

3. Shoe according to claim 2, characterized in that the tensioning element (8) is connected with the sole (2) in the bottom region of the shoe (1).

4. Shoe according to claim 3, characterized in that the tensioning element (8) runs circumferentially around the bottom side of the shoe (1).

5. Shoe according to claim 4, characterized in that the tensioning element (8) is fixed between a section of the sole and an outer sole (10) which forms the bottom end of the shoe (1).

6. Shoe according to one of claims 2 to 5, characterized in that a lace (11) is threaded into the apertures (9) of the tensioning element (8) to tension the tensioning element (8) at the foot of the wearer of the shoe (1).

7. Shoe according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that an insole is arranged in the inner of the sock-like section (7).

8. Shoe according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that each one support part (6) is arranged in the central or rear side region of the shoe (1).

9. Shoe according to claim 8, characterized in that the support part (6) extends along a height (h) of at least 40% of the total height (H) of the shoe (1).

10. Shoe according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that at least one support part (6″

) is arranged in the heel region of the shoe (1).

11. Shoe according to claim 10, characterized in that the support part (6″

) extends along a height (h′

) of at least 40% of the total height (H) of the shoe (1).

12. Shoe according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that a single support part (6″

) is arranged in the heel region of the shoe (1), which comprises an insection (12) in a central region.

13. Shoe according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that each one support part (6′

) is arranged in the front or central region of the shoe (1).

14. Shoe according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that the tensioning element (8), as the case may be apart from a location in the heel region, is connected with the sole (2) only in the bottom region of the sole (2) and runs apart from that without connection around the region of the shoe upper (3).

15. Shoe according to one of claims 2 to 14, characterized in that the tensioning element (8) comprises a circumferential reinforcement rim (13) in the region of the foot entry, wherein the reinforcement rim (13) is formed by a flat plastic band.