# US 2024/0090622 A1 · Upper for a Shoe

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- Number: US 2024/0090622 A1
- Document ID: US20240090622A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/307,879
- Filed: 2023-04-27
- Published: 2024-03-21
- Earliest claimed: 2017-11-06
- Assignees: Boot Royalty Company, L.P.
- Applicants: Boot Royalty Company, L.P.
- Inventors: Billy Wayne Lovell
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240090622A1

## CPC

- A43B 23/0295: {Pieced uppers}
- A43B 5/006: {for horse riding}
- A43B 3/02: Boots covering the lower leg
- A43B 3/04: with rubber or elastic insertions or gussets
- A43B 11/00: Footwear with arrangements to facilitate putting-on or removing, e.g. with straps
- A43B 21/24: characterised by the constructive form
- A43B 23/027: {with a part of the upper particularly flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion}
- A43B: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR

## Abstract

A shoe with a sole, upper, and shaft, whose upper and shaft contain a number of modifications to increase flexibility of the shoe but maintain protection for the wearer of the shoe. These modifications fall into the general categories of notch and aperture. The upper also has a number of protrusions into the shaft to increase protection in the protrusion areas. The location, shape, and size of these notches, apertures, and protrusions are important for optimizing the flexibility and protective qualities of the shoe.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shoe, comprising
a sole;
an upper connected to said sole;
a shaft connected to said upper.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said shaft includes a notch.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said shaft includes an aperture.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said upper includes a protrusion into said shaft.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 further comprising at least one notch and at least one aperture wherein said combination of said at least one notch and said at least one aperture provide enhanced flexibility.
wherein said shaft includes at least one notch and at least one aperture;
wherein a combination of said at least one notch and said at least one aperture provide enhanced flexibility;
wherein said upper includes at least two protrusions into said shaft.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said shaft includes at least two sections.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The shoe according to claim 6 further comprising at least one vertical seam which fastens said at least two sections together.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The shoe according to claim 7 wherein said shaft includes at least one horizontal seam which fasten said at least two sections together.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The shoe according to claim 8 wherein said upper includes at least one section with at least one seam which fastens said sections together.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said upper further includes at least one aperture.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said shaft further includes a top with at least one protrusion.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The shoe according to claim 1 wherein said sole further includes a heel.

### Claim 13

A shoe, comprising a sole;
an upper connected to said sole;
a shaft connected to said upper;
wherein said shaft includes at least one notch and at least one aperture;
a heel;
protrusions.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The shoe according to claim 13 wherein said at least one notch and at least one aperture are generally perpendicular to each other.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The shoe according to claim 13 wherein said at least one notch and at least one aperture are generally parallel to each other.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The shoe according to claim 13 wherein said shaft contains a top wherein said at least one notch is located, and a top area where said at least one aperture is located.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The shoe according to claim 13 wherein said shaft contains a top wherein said at least one notch is located, and a middle area where said at least one aperture is located.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The shoe according to claim 13 wherein said protrusions are generally perpendicular to one another.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The shoe according to claim 13 wherein said protrusions are generally parallel to one another.

### Claim 20

A shoe, comprising
a sole;
an upper connected to said sole;
a shaft connected to said upper;
wherein said shaft includes at least one notch and at least one aperture;
wherein said at least one notch is in a first location on said shaft and said at least one aperture is in a second location on said shaft;
wherein said upper includes at least two protrusions into said shaft;
wherein said upper protrusions are in a first and second location.