Welted shoe

A welted shoe comprising:

• an upper adapted to be lasted to form a surrounding wall with a profile, and a surrounding bent portion, said surrounding wall surrounding a centerline and extending downwardly to terminate at a lower periphery, said surrounding bent portion extending from said lower periphery towards and in a plane normal to the centerline, and terminating at a surrounding joining edge;
• a plurality of tabs angularly displaced from one another about the centerline, each of said tabs having an inner joined end which is disposed to be joined with said surrounding joining edge, said inner joined ends of said tabs and said surrounding joining edge cooperatively defining an inner boundary line along said surrounding joining edge, each of said tabs further having an appendage portion which extends from said inner joined end away from said inner boundary line and outwardly of said lower periphery and which terminates at an outer joined end;
• an insole having a central portion and a peripheral portion which surrounds said central portion and which is superimposed on said surrounding bent portion when said insole is engaged with said upper;
• a welt member molded from a material more rigid than that of said upper, and including
• a surrounding seat extending towards the centerline and terminating at an insert peripheral edge, said insert peripheral edge being interposed between said surrounding bent portion and said appendage portion, and extending towards said inner boundary line so as to bring said inner boundary line inwardly to the vicinity of said central portion to thereby stabilize the superimposition of said peripheral portion of said insole on said surrounding bent portion of said upper,
• a surrounding prop wall which extends uprightly from said surrounding seat, which is distal from said insert peripheral edge, and which is configured to abut and wrap around said lower periphery when said inner boundary line is brought to the vicinity of said central portion so as to help keep the profile, and which terminates at a surrounding upper edge, and
• a surrounding anchored end extending outwardly from said surrounding seat and outboard to said surrounding prop wall so as to be superimposed on said outer joined ends of said tabs, thereby forming an outer boundary line;
• a plurality of fasteners, each joining said outer joined end of each of said tabs with said surrounding anchored end when said inner boundary line is brought to the vicinity of said central portion so as to form a sub-assembly;
• and
• an outsole molded with said sub-assembly to form
• an outsole body which underlies said tabs, said surrounding bent portion, and said central portion of said insole, which extends in longitudinal and transverse directions that are transverse to the centerline and outboard to said outer boundary line, and which terminates at a surrounding outer peripheral edge, and
• a surrounding seal wall which extends uprightly from said surrounding outer peripheral edge to surround said surrounding prop wall of said welt member and beyond said surrounding upper edge and to sealingly abut against said surrounding wall of said upper.