Material for shoe upper
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsDirk Meythaler, Harald Geyer, Marco Fischhold, Robert Frank Kirk, Jack Huang, Bruno Jean Antonelli
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Abstract
Described are materials for a shoe upper, in particular for soccer shoes, with a particularly low weight. The material includes an inner polyurethane layer, an outer polyurethane layer, and a textile reinforcing layer. The textile reinforcing layer is arranged between the inner polyurethane layer and the outer polyurethane layer. The inner polyurethane layer and the outer polyurethane layer comprise thermoset polyurethane. The textile reinforcing layer comprises apertures through which the inner polyurethane layer and the outer polyurethane layer are connected to each other.
Claims19
A material for a shoe upper, the material comprising:
- a first polyurethane layer;
- a second polyurethane layer;
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- a textile reinforcing layer between the first polyurethane layer and the second polyurethane layer, wherein the textile reinforcing layer comprises a plurality of apertures arranged in a first zone and a second zone of the textile reinforcing layer,
- wherein, in the first zone, the first polyurethane layer and the second polyurethane layer are bonded together through the plurality of apertures of the textile reinforcing layer,
- wherein, in the second zone, the first polyurethane layer and the second polyurethane layer are unconnected,
- wherein the first polyurethane layer contacts the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone and the second zone, and
- wherein the second polyurethane layer contacts the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone and the second zone.
A shoe upper comprising:
- a first material arranged on at least a first area of the shoe upper, the first material comprising:
- a textile reinforcing layer between an inner polyurethane layer and an outer polyurethane layer,
- wherein the textile reinforcing layer comprises a plurality of apertures arranged in a first zone and a second zone of the textile reinforcing layer,
- wherein the inner polyurethane layer and the outer polyurethane layer are bonded together through the apertures of the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone,
- wherein the inner polyurethane layer and the outer polyurethane layer are unconnected in the second zone,
- wherein the inner polyurethane layer contacts the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone and the second zone, and
- wherein the outer polyurethane layer contacts the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone and the second zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.