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US 7,752,695 B2Granted
Shoe and shoe-making process using temporary insert
AssigneeDynasty Footwear, Ltd.
InventorsPaul Kaufman, Steve Rosen, Jack Silvera
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Abstract
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for manufacturing a shoe sole, in which a shoe sole is preliminarily assembled by bonding together a plurality of layers with a temporary insert disposed between two adjacent layers. Then, an outer edge of the shoe sole is ground and, following that, the temporary insert is removed and a permanent insert is bonded in place of the temporary insert, such that the permanent insert forms a portion of a side wall of the shoe sole.
Claims19
A method of making a shoe sole, comprising:
- (a) preliminarily assembling a shoe sole by bonding together a plurality of layers with a temporary insert disposed between two adjacent layers;
- (b) following step (a), grinding an outer edge of the shoe sole;
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- (c) following step (b), removing the temporary insert and bonding a permanent insert in place of the temporary insert,
- wherein the permanent insert forms a portion of a side wall of the shoe sole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.