Shoe bottom having interspersed materials
AssigneeSeychelles Imports, LLC
InventorsANTHONY COX, JOHN C. S. KOO
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Abstract
A shoe (and fabrication techniques therefor) on which is provided a bottom portion that includes a sole portion and a heel portion and that has a bottom surface and an upper portion extending upwardly from the bottom portion. The bottom surface of the bottom portion of the shoe has areas of a fabric material (such as cotton, nylon, polyester, any other cloth or fabric), or any of a variety of other first materials, interspersed with areas of a durable material (such as ethylene vinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloride, thermoplastic rubber, any other plastic, and/or any other natural or synthetic leather or rubber), or any of a variety of other second materials.
Claims21
1-32. (canceled)
A method of manufacturing the bottom portion of a shoe, comprising:
- forming a base portion from a base material such that the base portion has a bottom surface that includes indentations;
- and
- bonding a second material into a plurality of the indentations so as to provide a shoe bottom portion,
- wherein the second material has a thickness relative to the indentations such that, in use, both the base material and the second material contact a ground surface simultaneously, and
- wherein the second material is a natural material and constitutes at least 50% of the ground-contacting portion of the bottom surface.
A bottom portion of a shoe, comprising:
- a base portion made from a base material and having a bottom surface that includes indentations;
- and
- a second material bonded into a plurality of the indentations so as to provide a shoe bottom portion,
- wherein the second material has a thickness relative to the indentations such that, in use, both the base material and the second material contact a ground surface simultaneously, and
- wherein the second material is a natural material and constitutes at least 50% of the ground-contacting portion of the bottom surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.