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US 7,350,321 B2Granted
Shoe upper and methods of manufacture
Assigneeadidas International Marketing B.V.
InventorsSeo Young Soon, Yang Hwae Hur, Haesuck Kwon, Joosik Jeong
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a shoe and the manufacture thereof that includes an inner shoe with an upper side and a lower side and a stitch-free shell. The stitch-free shell encompasses the upper side of the inner shoe. The shell may be produced in two or more pieces and subsequently joined. The shoe can also include a sole attached to the lower side of the inner shoe.
Claims27
A shoe comprising:
- an inner shoe comprising an upper side and a bottom surface;
- a sole unit attached to the bottom surface of the inner shoe;
- and
- a stitch-free shell encompassing the upper side of the inner shoe without extending over the bottom surface of the inner shoe, wherein the stitch-free shell comprises two separately formed shell portions, and wherein substantial portion of the stitch free shell is anchored to a substantial portion of the upper side of the inner shoe.
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A method of manufacturing a shoe comprising the steps of:
- providing an inner shoe comprising an upper side and a bottom surface;
- attaching a sole unit to the bottom surface of the inner shoe;
- forming a stitch-free shell;
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- anchoring a substantial potion of the stitch free shell to a substantial portion of the upper side of the inner shoe without extending over the bottom surface of the inner shoe wherein the step of forming the shell comprises:
- separately forming two shell portions;
- and
- interconnecting the two shell portions to form the stitch-free shell.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.