Shoe having a fabric outsole and manufacturing process thereof
AssigneeE.S. Originals, Inc.
InventorsMichael Safdeye, Chun-Ruey Wu, Michael Stein
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Abstract
A method of construction a shoe is provided wherein the shoe includes an upper, a lower attached to the upper, and an outsole attached to the lower. In one embodiment, the outsole has a ground contacting surface which includes a first section and a second section, with the first section being formed of a first material and the second section having an outer later formed of a fabric material. The first section is formed free of the fabric material and is instead formed of other suitable materials, such as rubber, leather, etc. Preferably, the first and second sections are formed using a molding process.
Claims14
A method of manufacturing a shoe, the method comprising:
- providing a shoe upper;
- attaching a shoe lower to the shoe upper;
- and
- attaching an outsole having a ground contacting surface to the shoe lower, the outsole being forming by:
- inserting a section of fabric material into a first mold;
- injecting a first material into the first mold and operating the first mold to form a reinforced fabric material;
- inserting the reinforced fabric material into a second mold;
- injecting a second material into the second mold and operating the second mold to form the outsole,
- wherein the outsole includes a first section formed of the second material and a second section formed of the reinforced fabric material, the second section being exposed to the ground contracting surface of the outsole, and
- wherein the first section is free of any fabric material.
A method of manufacturing a shoe outsole, the method comprising:
- inserting a fabric material into a first mold;
- injecting a first material into the first mold and operating the first mold to form a reinforced fabric material;
- inserting the reinforced fabric material into a second mold;
- injecting a second material into the second mold and operating the second mold to form the outsole,
- wherein the outsole includes an exposed, ground contacting surface comprising a first section formed of the second material and a second section formed of the reinforced fabric material, and
- wherein the first section is free of fabric material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.