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US 12,302,988 B2Granted
Sports shoe, in particular cycling shoe
AssigneeSelle Royal S.P.A.
InventorsBarbara Bigolin, Stefano Meneghetti
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shoe, for example a sports shoe, such as a cycling shoe including a sole, an upper constrained to the sole and an insole inserted in the upper or constrained to the open bottom of the upper.
Claims13
A shoe comprising:
- a sole, an upper constrained to said sole and an insole inserted in said upper or constrained on an open bottom of the upper, wherein said upper comprises a main part and a completion part, wherein said completion part of the upper is arranged at an inner side of the upper and has greater elasticity than the main part,
- said shoe also comprising
- at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component affixed to the completion part of the upper, for tightening said upper around a foot of a user and an adjustable and removable fastener of said at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component on said upper,
- wherein the insole comprises at least one flexible or deformable section formed in an edge portion only on a medial side of said insole at an attachment base of said at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component to facilitate tightening of said at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component on said upper,
- wherein the at least one flexible or deformable section of the insole is delimited by two or more notches extending from the edge portion of the insole towards a center line of the insole, to define flexible and separate or foldable fins or members which are bendable at least upwards with respect to the remaining parts of said insole when said at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component is tightened on the upper;
- and
- wherein the insole is constrained on a bottom of the upper and is constrained to the sole, or is placed above the sole, which, in turn, is connected to the upper.
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A shoe comprising:
- a sole, an upper constrained to said sole and an insole inserted in said upper or constrained on an open bottom of the upper, wherein said upper comprises a main part and a completion part, wherein said completion part of the upper is arranged at an inner side of the upper and has greater elasticity than the main part,
- said shoe also comprising at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component affixed to the completion part of the upper, for tightening said upper around a foot of a user and an adjustable and removable fastener of said at least one strip or tape or belt on said upper,
- wherein the insole comprises at least one flexible or deformable section formed in an edge portion only on a medial side of said insole at an attachment base of said at least one strip or tape or belt with respect to said insole and with respect to said upper to facilitate tightening of said at least one strip or tape or belt on said upper,
- wherein said main part and said completion part are elastically extensible or shaped, while said main part is elastically extensible or shaped to a lesser extent than said completion part, wherein said at least one flexible or deformable section comprises said elastically extensible or shapable completion part of said upper, and wherein said at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component is slidably affixed to said completion part, so as to allow said at least one strip or tape or belt or pull component to be moved independently from said main part of said upper for tightening of the upper,
- wherein the main part has lower elasticity than the completion part,
- wherein the completion part is made of light fabric, and the main part is made of at least one of a fabric, leather, synthetic or a composite material with internal reinforcement inserts, and
- wherein the strip or tape or belt or pull component is attached to the upper or to both the sole and on one side of the upper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.