Shoe of natural shape
AssigneeWolverine World Wide, Inc.
InventorPaul Kaschura
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Abstract
A shoe of natural shape having a flexible material forming the upper part of the shoe, replacing the insole, and extending all over the sole surface to comprise a stocking-like part which extends over the last to envelop the foot on all sides, there being a recess in the heel portion of the footbed with a bearing surface rising from this recess on a forward rising angle to the arch, the bearing surface being cup-shaped with a peripheral edge connected to the stocking-like part.
Claims5
A shoe of natural shape having a flexible material forming the upper part of the shoe, replacing the insole, and extending all over the sole surface, to comprise a stocking-like part which extends over the last to envelop the foot on all sides and having a footbed, characterized by that a recess is formed for the reception of the heel in the area of the heel of said footbed;
- said footbed having a bearing surface for the foot, rising from said recess of the heel toward the arching of the joint formed into a cup-shaped lower part of the shoe, being adapted to the shape of the sole of the foot, forming a running sole and heel and having a lower part which emcompasses said stocking-like part with an upstanding peripheral edge and lastingly connected with said upper part of the shoe;
- and said upper part having outwardly directed seams, and said upstanding peripheral edge covers said seams.
The shoe of natural shape according to claim 5, characterized by a terminal strip adjacent said upper part of the shoe and seated on said upstanding peripheral edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.