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US 5,706,590 AGranted
Sole for footwear made at least partially of vegetable fibres
AssigneeMicrolite, S.L.
InventorsJose Vives Candela, Luis Ramon Candela Candela
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Abstract
A sole for footwear is formed from upper and lower textile base sheets that are joined by a binder. Each of the base sheets is formed from a weft that is interweaved with a warp. The weft and the binder are made of a vegetable fiber and the warp is made of a high tensile strength fiber.
Claims4
A sole for footwear comprising:
- first and second textile base sheets each of which is sized to conform to a foot of a user of the footwear such that said first and second base sheets are adapted to serve as a foothold base, each of said first and second base sheets being formed by a weft that is interweaved with a warp, said weft being made of a vegetable fibre and said warp being made of a fibre having a high tensile strength;
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- a binder joining said first and second base sheets with said first base sheet being located above and spaced from said second base sheet, said binder spanning said sheets, being made of vegetable fibre and extending along the base sheets in the same direction as the base sheet warp.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.