Expandable last for furnishing footwear with an insert and method for furnishing footwear with an insert

Expandable last (2) for furnishing footwear (110) with an insert (100), comprising:

• a form-stable core support element (4);
• an expandable shell (6), arranged around the core support element (4);
• a liquid chamber (8) within the expandable shell (6);
• and
• a liquid port (16), providing liquid communication between the liquid chamber (8) and an external liquid source (120);
• wherein the expandable last (2) is insertable into the footwear (110) through a collar of the footwear (110) and wherein, when receiving liquid in the liquid chamber (8) via the liquid port (16), the expandable shell (6) is configured to expand for pressing the insert (100) towards an inside of the footwear (110).

Expandable last (2) for furnishing footwear (110) with an insert (100), comprising:

• an expandable shell (6);
• a liquid chamber (8) within the expandable shell (6);
• and
• a liquid port (16), providing liquid communication between the liquid chamber (8) and an external liquid source (120);
• wherein the expandable last (2) is insertable into the footwear (110) through a collar of the footwear (110) and wherein, when receiving liquid in the liquid chamber (8) via the liquid port (16), the expandable shell (6) is configured to expand for pressing the insert (100) towards an inside of the footwear (110);
• and
• wherein the expandable shell (6) has, at least in one or more regions thereof, dimension-specific elastic properties.

Expandable last (2) for furnishing footwear (110) with an insert (100), comprising:

• a rigid last portion (80, 82);
• an expandable shell (6), arranged adjacent to the rigid last portion (80, 82);
• a liquid chamber (8) within the expandable shell (6);
• and
• a liquid port (16), providing liquid communication between the liquid chamber (8) and an external liquid source (120);
• wherein the expandable last (2) is insertable into the footwear (110) through a collar of the footwear (110) and wherein, when receiving liquid in the liquid chamber (8) via the liquid port (16), the expandable shell (6) is configured to expand for pressing the insert (100) towards an inside of the footwear (110).

Expandable last (2) for furnishing footwear (110) with an insert (100), comprising:

• an expandable shell (6);
• a granulate chamber (61) within the expandable shell (6);
• and
• a granulate port (62), providing a granulate channel between the granulate chamber (61) and an external granulate source (64), in particular between the granulate chamber (61) and an external heated granulate source (64);
• wherein the expandable last (2) is insertable into the footwear (110) through a collar of the footwear (110) and wherein, when receiving granulate (63) in the granulate chamber (61) via the granulate port (62), the expandable shell (6) is configured to expand for pressing the insert (100) towards an inside of the footwear (110).