Protective covering for a shoe outersole
OwnerEdward M. Safdieinventor
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a shoe having an outersole with a removable protective covering, including the steps of applying a sheet of protective covering to a sheet of outersole material with adhesive to form a composite sheet; applying printed indicia on the protective covering at predetermined locations; stamping out the composite sheet to form a plurality of outersoles, each having the protective covering and the printed indicia to form finished outersoles; and attaching each of the finished outersoles to a shoe upper to form a shoe so that the protective covering is removable.
Claims10
An outersole for a shoe, said outersole having a toe end and an opposite end and having a removable protective covering, comprising:
- a) a sheet of outersole material, including a ground contact area and a non-ground contact area;
- b) a sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said sheet of outersole material to form a composite sheet for attaching to a shoe upper to form a shoe, said sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said entire outersole from said toe end to said opposite end of said sheet of outersole material, including said ground contact area and said non-ground contact area;
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- c) printed indicia applied to said sheet of protective covering material before said composite sheet is attached to a shoe upper to form a shoe.
An outersole for a shoe, said outersole having a toe end and an opposite end and having a removable protective covering, comprising:
- a) a sheet of outersole material, including a ground contact area and a non-ground contact area;
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- b) a sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said sheet of outersole material to form a composite sheet for attaching to a shoe upper to form a shoe, said sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said entire outersole from said toe end to said opposite end of said sheet of outersole material, including said ground contact area and said non-ground contact area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.