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US 2026/0232079 A1Published application
Golf shoe
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsJames P. Hasson, Jaden Keheng Zhai
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Abstract
A shoe with an upper and a sole assembly connected to the upper. The upper may comprise (i) a base layer comprising a composite base material; (ii) a coating layer applied to the base layer; (iii) a first reinforcement layer overlying the coating layer; (iv) a second reinforcement layer overlapping the first reinforcement layer; and (v) an exterior film layer with a reinforced zone forming a medial forefoot portion of the exterior film layer and one or more other zones forming a remaining portion of the exterior film layer.
Claims23
A shoe, comprising:
- an upper and a sole assembly connected to the upper,
- wherein the upper comprises:
- (i) a base layer comprising a composite base material;
- (ii) a coating layer applied to the base layer;
- (iii) a first reinforcement layer overlying the base layer and/or the coating layer, the first reinforcement layer comprising a toe reinforcement section positioned along a medial forefoot region of the upper and entirely on a medial side of the upper, a first reinforcement section extending continuously along a bottom or lower edge of the medial side of the upper from a first end of the toe reinforcement section to a heel end of the upper, and a second reinforcement section extending continuously along a bottom or lower edge of a lateral side of the upper from a second end of the toe reinforcement section to the heel end of the upper;
- (iv) a second reinforcement layer overlying the toe reinforcement section of the first reinforcement layer, wherein the second reinforcement layer is positioned entirely on the medial side of the upper;
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- (v) an exterior film layer overlying the first reinforcement layer and the second reinforcement layer, the exterior film layer comprising a reinforced zone forming a medial forefoot portion of the exterior film layer and one or more other zones forming a remaining portion of the exterior film layer.
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