Breathable and waterproof footwear
AssigneeECCO Sko A/S
InventorFrank Jensen
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Abstract
A footwear includes an upper attached to a sole. The upper includes an outer layer and an inner membrane. The outer layer has a lower end. The lower end of the outer layer has an outer layer lower edge. The membrane includes a lower end of the membrane. The lower end of the membrane has a lower edge of the membrane. The membrane is suspended within the footwear between an upper circumference of the upper and a lower anchoring circumference by means of an anchoring adhesive. The lower end of the membrane is stitched to the insole along a lower circumference. The upper circumference is lower than the top edge of the footwear.
Claims20
A footwear comprising:
- a sole;
- an insole;
- and
- an upper attached to the sole, the upper including an outer layer and a functional layer,
- wherein the outer layer has a lower end which has an outer layer lower edge,
- wherein the functional layer has a lower end of the functional layer and a lower edge of the functional layer, the functional layer being attached by stitching and/or gluing at an upper circumference of the upper,
- wherein an anchoring adhesive is attached to the outer layer at a lower anchoring circumference,
- wherein the lower end of the functional layer is stitched to the insole along a lower circumference, and
- wherein a cross-section of the lower end of the functional layer is curved towards the insole, and the insole is curved towards the lower end of the functional layer at the lower circumference.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.