Baseplate for a shoe
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsJürgen Weidl, Antonio Jamie Zea, Jr., Wilfried Ernst Wiederer
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Abstract
Baseplates for shoes, wherein the baseplate is removably insertable into a shoe upper, and wherein the baseplate includes a substantially planar body, which is configured to provide stability to the shoe upper, and a plurality of tread elements, which are configured to protrude through a respective opening of a plurality of openings in a bottom portion of the shoe upper when the baseplate is removably inserted into the shoe upper, wherein the plurality of tread elements are unitarily formed with the body.
Claims19
A method for manufacturing a shoe comprising a baseplate, the method comprising:
- forming a substantially planar body of the baseplate;
- unitarily forming a plurality of tread elements in one piece with the body, so that the plurality of tread elements extend from a lowermost surface of the body;
- and
- removably inserting the baseplate into a shoe upper to provide stability to the shoe upper;
- wherein the shoe upper comprises a bottom portion comprising a plurality of openings and at least one first region and at least one second region;
- wherein the at least one first region surrounds at least one of the plurality of openings and the at least one second region defines a bottommost surface of the shoe upper and at least partially surrounds the at least one first region;
- and
- wherein the at least one first region is more elastic than the at least one second region;
- inserting the plurality of tread elements to protrude through a respective opening of the plurality of openings;
- and
- engaging each of the plurality of tread elements with an edge of the respective opening of the plurality of openings to fix the plurality of tread elements relative to the shoe upper.
A method for manufacturing a baseplate for a shoe, the method comprising:
- forming a substantially planar body, which provides stability to a shoe upper of the shoe when the baseplate is removably inserted into the shoe upper;
- unitarily forming a plurality of tread elements in one piece with the body, so that the plurality of tread elements extend from a lowermost surface of the body;
- forming at least one undercut on an outer surface of at least one of the plurality of tread elements that abuts the lowermost surface of the body;
- and
- forming at least one groove on the outer surface of the at least one of the plurality of tread elements that intersects the at least one undercut, wherein the at least one groove has a longitudinal direction that extends along a substantially vertical direction of the at least one of the plurality of tread elements, wherein the at least one groove extends a first distance along the longitudinal direction, and wherein the first distance is less than a height of the at least one of the plurality of tread elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.