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US 2023/0346079 A1Published application
Shoe with a combination of lightweight upper construction
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsRobbie PATERSON, Valentin PERRIN, Falk BRUNS, Takashi AZUMA
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shoe upper which comprises first and second upper elements that are joined to form a foot-receiving chamber for accommodating a foot of a wearer, wherein the second upper element forms a footbed and wherein the second upper element comprises at least a first set of wings protruding from the lateral and medial sides of the second upper element, wherein the first set of wings comprise a first merging area configured to attach the first upper element to the second upper element.
Claims20
A shoe upper, comprising:
- a first upper element;
- and
- a second upper element including a footbed;
- and
- wherein the second upper element comprises at least a first set of wings protruding from lateral and medial sides of the footbed, wherein the first set of wings are joined together along a first edge to form a heel area of the shoe upper, and
- wherein a second edge of the first set of wings are joined to the first upper element to form a foot-receiving chamber for accommodating a foot of a wearer.
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A method for manufacturing a shoe upper, comprising:
- providing first and second upper elements, wherein
- the second upper element comprises at least a first set of wings protruding from the lateral and medial sides of the second upper element, and wherein
- each wing comprises a first edge and a second edge;
- transforming the wings from a planar orientation into a three-dimensional orientation, towards the first upper element;
- joining the first edge of each of the first set of wings to form the heel area;
- and
- joining the second edge together to the first upper element such that the first upper element and the second upper element are joined together upwards from a ball area of the shoe upper to the heel area of the shoe upper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.