Cycling shoe with lateral metatarsal expansion zone
AssigneeLouis Garneau Sports Inc.
InventorsLouis GARNEAU, René PLOURDE
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Abstract
A cycling shoe comprises a sole defining an undersurface of the cycling shoe, the sole having connection holes configured for connection of a pedal cleat to the sole. An upper is connected to the sole and defining with the sole a foot-receiving cavity. An expansion zone is located in a lateral or medial subportion of a metatarsal portion and/or toe portion of the cycling shoe and configured to be opposite a portion of at least a fifth metatarsal of a wearer of the cycling shoe, the expansion zone being entirely surrounded by a window of structural upper panelling and defined by at least one panel having a greater stretching characteristics than the structural upper panelling of the window.
Claims18
A cycling shoe comprising:
- a sole defining an undersurface of the cycling shoe, the sole having connection holes configured for connection of a pedal cleat to the sole;
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- an upper connected to the sole and defining with the sole a foot-receiving cavity, at least one expansion zone located in a lateral subportion of a metatarsal portion and/or toe portion of the cycling shoe and configured to be opposite a portion of at least a fifth metatarsal of a wearer of the cycling shoe, and/or located in a medial subportion of a metatarsal portion and/or toe portion of the cycling shoe and configured to be opposite a portion of at least a first metatarsal of a wearer of the cycling shoe, the at least one expansion zone being entirely surrounded by a window of structural upper panelling and/or sole and defined by at least one panel having a greater stretching characteristics than the structural upper panelling of the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.