Shoe having a cup member connected to the bottom of a waterproof breathable lining

• US 6,851,205 B2
• Filed: 01/29/2003
• Issued: 02/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eddie Chen
• Original Assignee: Eddie Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Eddie, Wang, Melissa
• Primary Examiner(s): KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
• Application Number:
  US10/354,342
• Publication Number:
  US 20040143996A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 36/55, 36/14, 36/12, 36/10
• US Class Current: 36/55
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/38 Built-in insoles joined to uppers during the manufacturing process, e.g. structural insoles; Insoles glued to shoes during the manufacturing process
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/125 provided with a vapour permeable member, e.g. a membrane A43B23/022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 9/00 Footwear characterised by the assembling of the individual parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 9/10 Footwear with out-turned uppers

Abstract

A waterproof shoe includes a waterproof breathable lining sleeve which is mounted inside an upper and which is made of an air-permeable waterproof material, and a cup member attached to a bottom end of the lining sleeve. The cup member is made of an air-impermeable waterproof material and includes a cup bottom which has a toe region and a heel region, and a cup wall which projects laterally and upwardly from said cup bottom and extends around the toe and heel regions. Preferably, the cup member is a molded body formed by a molding process, and the bottom end of the upper is lasted over the cup bottom.

Claims

1. A waterproof shoe comprising:

an upper having an open bottom end;

a waterproof breathable lining sleeve mounted inside said upper and having a top end and an open bottom end, said lining sleeve being made of an air-permeable waterproof material; and

a molded cup member made of an air-impermeable waterproof material and including a preformed cup bottom which has a toe region and a heel region connected to said toe region, and a preformed cup wall which projects laterally and upwardly from said cup bottom and extends around said toe region and said heel region,

wherein said open bottom end of said lining sleeve is attached to said cup wall, and

wherein said open bottom end of said upper is lasted over a bottom side of said cup bottom.

2. The waterproof shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cup bottom is a closed bottom.

3. The waterproof shoe as claimed in claim 2, wherein said cup bottom further has a sole element which blocks said opening of said cup bottom.

4. The waterproof shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cup bottom has an opening.