Tongue for a shoe, particularly a sport shoe, and a shoe including such a tongue

• US 4,458,429 A
• Filed: 03/22/1982
• Issued: 07/10/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Societe de Droit Suisse DITE Sarragan SA
• Original Assignee: Sarragan SA
• Inventors: Schmid, Marcel
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Meyers, Steven N.
• Application Number:
  US06/364,860
• Time in Patent Office: 841 Days
• Field of Search: 36/3 A, 36/54, 36/114, 36/3 R, 2/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 36/3.00A
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/26 Tongues for shoes

Abstract

A tongue for a shoe, particularly a sport shoe. The tongue has a padded front surface and a multiplicity of orifices (3) passing through this surface. Each of the orifices contains a layer (5) of a porous or reticular material.

Claims

1. A padded tongue for a shoe, particularly for a sport shoe, comprising a front layer having a multiplicity of orifices passing therethrough, each of said orifices having a porous or reticular material therein.

2. A tongue for a shoe as recited in claim 1, comprising:

a back layer having orifices corresponding to the orifices in said front layer, and an intermediate layer of a porous or reticular material disposed between the front layer and the back layer, the back layer being adhered to the front layer along the periphery of the tongue and along the circumference of each of the orifices.

3. A tongue for a shoe as recited in claim 2, wherein the back layer is adhered to the front layer by heat-welding.

4. A tongue for a shoe as recited in claim 2, wherein the intermediate layer is a small mesh net.

5. A shoe having a padded tongue with a front layer having a multiplicity of orifices passing therethrough, each of said orifices having a porous or reticular material therein.

6. A shoe as recited in claim 5, wherein said shoe is a sport shoe.

7. A shoe as recited in claim 5 or 6, wherein said tongue is comprised of:

a back layer having orifices corresponding to the orifices in the front layer, and an intermediate layer of a porous or reticular material disposed between the front layer and back layer, the back layer being adhered to the front layer along the periphery of the tongue and along the circumference of each of the orifices.

8. A shoe as recited in claim 7, wherein the back layer is adhered to the front layer by heat-welding.

9. A shoe as recited in claim 7, wherein the intermediate layer is a small mesh net.