Customized footwear and process for manufacturing such footwear
AssigneeMontrail Corporation
InventorsScott Tucker, Scott Franklin
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Abstract
An article of footwear for distributing pressure evenly on various regions of the foot comprising an upper and at least one moldable foam piece attached to an inner surface of the upper is provided, together with an article of footwear manufactured by a process comprising attaching at least one moldable foam piece to the inner surface of the upper of the footwear and stretching the upper over a footwear last comprising at least one cavity cut into the surface of the last that accommodates the moldable foam piece.
Claims18
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- an insole;
- and
- at least one moldable foam piece attached to an inner surface of either the upper or the insole,
- wherein when a user's foot is inserted in the footwear, the moldable foam piece is positioned in a region where the foot exerts high pressure against an inner surface of the footwear.
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- an insole;
- and
- at least one moldable foam piece attached to an inner surface of either the upper or the insole,
- wherein the moldable foam piece is located in a region selected from the group consisting of:
- top region of the toes, instep of the foot, upper region of the ankle, back and lower region of the heel, and under the ball of the foot.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:
- attaching at least one moldable foam piece to an inner surface of an upper of the footwear;
- stretching the upper over a footwear last comprising at least one cavity cut into the surface of the last that accommodates the moldable foam piece;
- and
- skiving the moldable foam piece around the perimeter of the at least one cavity, wherein the moldable foam piece remains uncompressed when the upper of the footwear is stretched over the last.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear comprising:
- attaching at least one moldable foam piece to an inner surface of an insole of the footwear;
- stretching the insole over a footwear last comprising at least one cavity cut into the surface of the last that accommodates the moldable foam piece;
- and
- skiving the moldable foam piece around the perimeter of the at least one cavity, wherein the moldable foam piece remains uncompressed when the insole of the footwear is stretched over the last.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.