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US 4,343,057 AGranted
Method of making footwear
OwnerDouglas W. Bensleyinventor
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A method of making an article of footwear includes attaching a connecting strip to the peripheral lower edge portion of a pre-formed upper so that the connecting strip surrounds the upper. The connecting strip has a profiled section providing a projecting extension, and a pre-formed ring-like welt member having an inner surface shaped for snapping engagement with the projecting extension of the connecting strip, is snapped into engagement with the connecting strip. A pre-formed sole and heel unit is then attached to the welt member by causing the upper peripheral surface of the sole and heel unit to adhere to the lower surface of the welt member. Alternatively, the pre-formed welt member may be omitted, and the pre-formed sole and heel unit snapped directly onto the connecting strip. In a further alternative arrangement, two separate connecting strips are used on opposite ends of the article of footwear.
A method of making an article of footwear including providing a preformed forward upper part and a preformed rear upper part, each upper part having a pair of laterally spaced lower edge portions, attaching a first connecting strip to the edge portions of the forward and rear upper parts on one side thereof, attaching a second connecting strip to the edge portions of the forward and rear upper parts on the opposite side thereof, each connecting strip having a profiled section providing a projecting extension, providing a preformed sole unit with a peripheral wall internally profiled for snapping engagement with the projecting extensions of the connecting strips, and snapping the projecting extensions of the connecting strips into engagement with the sole unit on opposite sides thereof to position the forward and rear upper parts thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.