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US 2026/0174173 A1Published application
Sports shoe incorporating a gaiter
AssigneeSalomon S.A.
InventorRachel BERTHOUD
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Abstract
A shoe including an upper having a cover with a main opening having a posterior subdivision and an anterior subdivision, and a gaiter connected to the cover. The gaiter includes a panel connected to the cover at the periphery of the posterior subdivision and to the vamp to surround the periphery of the anterior subdivision. The gaiter surrounds the ankle and covers part of the user's instep to form an upper opening. The gaiter overlaps itself, without being connected, forming a lateral or medial slit.
Claims9
Shoe designed to receive a user's foot, the shoe comprising:
- a bottom assembly;
- an upper comprising:
- a cover including:
- a vamp;
- a lateral quarter;
- and
- a medial quarter (22M),
- wherein the cover comprises a main opening delimited by a lateral edge, a medial edge, an anterior edge, and a posterior edge, the main opening having
- a posterior subdivision,, delimited by a rear portion of the lateral edge, a rear portion of the medial edge and the posterior edge;
- and
- an anterior subdivision, extending from the posterior subdivision at the vamp, delimited by an anterior portion of the lateral edge, an anterior portion of the medial edge and the anterior edge;
- and
- a gaiter connected to the cover, wherein
- the gaiter includes of a panel connected to the cover at the periphery of the posterior subdivision and at the vamp to surround the periphery of the anterior subdivision;
- the gaiter being configured to surround the ankle and cover part of the user's instep to form an upper opening, and the gaiter overlapping itself, without being connected, to form a lateral or medial slit.
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