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Shoes comprising three-dimensional formed fiber product

  • US 5,896,680 A
  • Filed: 12/19/1996
  • Issued: 04/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A shoe comprising at least one layer of a three-dimensional fiber network, said three-dimensional fiber network having been made by deforming a two-dimensional textile fabric;

  • wherein said three-dimensional fiber network has as a base plane the plane of said two-dimensional textile fabric;

    wherein said three-dimensional fiber network comprises a multiplicity of projections comprised of said two-dimensional textile fabric rising above said base plane;

    wherein said projections are resilient, returning, substantially to their original shape after being compressed to 50% of their original height;

    wherein said fiber network comprises thermoplastic filaments having a diameter of at least about 0.1 mm.

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