Impression footwear
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorsAnup Mukherjee, Thomas E. McClaskie
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Abstract
A method for making footwear including forming an upper assembly; providing an outsole including a recessed region and a groove region formed around a periphery of the outsole; and attaching the upper assembly to the outsole. The upper assembly is formed by a fitted upper having a vamp to a socklining, the fitted upper then attached to a gasket. The present method provides the gasket which can readily receive a Opanka stitch series for joining the upper assembly and the outsole.
Claims26
A method for construction of footwear comprising:
- forming an upper assembly including:
- providing a gasket;
- providing a fitted upper including a vamp attached to a socklining;
- attaching the fitted upper to the gasket;
- providing an outsole including a recessed region and a groove region formed around a periphery of the outsole;
- and,
- attaching the upper assembly to the outsole.
A footwear comprising:
- an upper assembly including:
- a gasket;
- and,
- a fitted upper including a vamp is attached to a socklining, wherein the fitted upper is attached to the gasket;
- and,
- an outsole including a recessed region and a groove region formed around a periphery of the outsole, the outsole attached to the upper assembly.
The footwear of claim 21 wherein the gasket is close-seamed around a perimeter of the socklining and a groove molded is provided around an outsole peripheral region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.