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US 12,250,994 B2Granted
Shoe
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsStefan Tamm, Carl Arnese, James Carnes
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Abstract
Described are shoes, particularly a sports shoe, having an upper and at least one of an outer sole and a midsole connected to the upper. As examples, the outer sole is knitted in a unitary fashion with the upper. As further examples, an insert is positioned within the one-piece knitwear, wherein the insert comprises a profile that increases traction of the outer sole.
Claims18
A shoe comprising:
- a knitted material that extends below a foot of a wearer when the shoe is worn and over the foot of the wearer when the shoe is worn to form at least a first part of an upper of the shoe, wherein the knitted material is a one-piece, unitarily-knitted knitwear material;
- a second knitted material that extends below the foot of the wearer when the shoe is worn to form at least a first part of an outer sole of the shoe, the second knitted material comprising a melt yarn;
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- an insert positionable within the shoe to form at least part of a midsole of the shoe;
- wherein the second knitted material comprises at least one opening defined by an edge of the knitted material;
- wherein the insert is formed separately from the knitted material and the second knitted material and positioned so that at least a portion of the insert extends through the at least one opening without overlapping an outer surface of the edge of the second knitted material;
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- wherein at least the portion of the insert that extends through the at least one opening forms at least a second part of the outer sole of the shoe that contacts the ground when the shoe is worn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.