Safety shoe

• US 4,597,199 A
• Filed: 02/06/1985
• Issued: 07/01/1986
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lee Martin No 592 LIN SEN N Road Taipei City Taiwan ROC
• Original Assignee: Steve Hong
• Inventors: Hong, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): Jaudon, Henry S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Meyers, Steven N.
• Application Number:
  US06/698,696
• Time in Patent Office: 510 Days
• Field of Search: 36/107, 36/108, 36/72 R, 36/72 A, 36/114, 36/77 R
• US Class Current: 36/114
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/32 with shock-absorbing means resilient soles A43B13/18

Abstract

This invention relates to a safety shoe which is similar to the structure and function of a sport shoe comprising a conventional tennis shoe type sole receiving a steel plate therein provided at the front end with a plurality of slots, a shoe upper face attached to said sole being divided into a vamp section and two side portions, said side portions provided with two pairs of first and second pockets, a toe lining attached to the inner face of said vamp section to form a bag, a front cover disposed in said bag to protect the wearer'"'"'s toes, a facing partly overlapping said side portions and provided along the inner margins with a plurality of eyelets through which a lace may pass, a pair of fixing laces being anchored on the opposite sides of said facing, a protecting cover provided on the opposite sides with two pairs of first and second legs which correspond to said first and second pockets overlaying said facing with its first and second legs respectively inserting into said first and second pockets of said side portions and fixed in position by said fixing laces and an insole coming with a front wall being positioned on said sole.

Claims

1. A safety shoe which is similar to the structure and function of a sport shoe, comprising:

a conventional tennis shoe type sole consisting of a bottom sole, a steel plate provided at the front end with a plurality of slots to increase the flexibility of said sole and to allow the wearer'"'"'s foot to be easily bent, said plate being connected to the top of said bottom sole and an outer sole provided around its periphery with a fixing wall being attached to the top of said steel plate, the front end of said fixing wall being provided with a plurality of first holes, two pairs of first and second recesses being respectively formed on the opposite sides of said fixing wall;

a shoe upper face attached to the fixing wall of said outer sole being divided into a vamp section and two side portions, said vamp section provided at the front end with a plurality of second holes corresponding to said first holes of said outer sole, said side portions provided on the opposite sides with two pairs of first and second pockets corresponding to said first and second recesses of said outer sole, a toe lining provided at the front end with a plurality of fourth holes corresponding to said second holes of said vamp section, said lining being attached to the inner face of said vamp section;

a front cover provided around its periphery with a plurality of third holes corresponding to said first, second and fourth holes positioned between said vamp section and toe lining and secured thereto;

a plurality of rivetting members corresponding to said third holes of said front cover being passed in sequence through said first, second, third, fourth holes and rivetted thereon to provide a reinforced attachment for said front cover;

a facing provided along inner margins of the side portions with a plurality of eyelets through which a lace may pass partly overlapping said side portions of said shoe upper face and extending to the vamp section of said shoe upper face to provide a flexible adjustment for the tightness or looseness of the joint girth of the wearer, a pair of fixing laces being respectively anchored on the opposite sides of said facing;

a protecting cover provided on the opposite sides with two pairs of first and second legs corresponding to said first and second pockets of said side portions overlaying said facing with its first and second legs respectively inserted into said first and second pockets of said side portions and supported on said first and second recesses of said outer sole, said protecting cover further provided with two properly spaced apertures through which said fixing laces may pass to fix said protecting cover in position;

an insole provided with a front wall being positioned on the top of said outer sole to prevent the wearer'"'"'s toes from directly contacting said rivetting members.