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US 7,757,408 B2Granted
Shoe having improved Opanka stitching
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorThomas E. McClaskie
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shoe and method for providing a shoe having an outsole with an outside surface, an upper, a liner with an inside surface, and a stitch extending from the outside surface through the upper to the inside surface, where the stitch is a sole securing mechanism for securing the outsole, upper, and liner together. The stitch secures the outsole, upper, and liner together without cement.
Claims11
A shoe, comprising:
- an outsole having a raised lip extending around at least a portion of a periphery of the outsole;
- an upper;
- a liner with an inside surface;
- and
- a stitch extending from said lip through said upper to said inside surface of the liner forming a single row of stitches on an outside surface of the shoe, said stitch being a sole securing mechanism for securing said outsole, said upper, and said liner together without chemical bonding.
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A shoe, comprising:
- an outsole being a single unit having a raised lip extending around at least a portion of a periphery of the outsole;
- an upper having a peripheral edge, said peripheral edge being a single unit;
- a lining;
- and
- a stitch extending from said lip through said upper to said lining, forming a single row of stitches on an outside surface of the shoe and being a sole mechanism for securing said outsole, said peripheral edge, said upper, and said lining together without chemical bonding.
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A method for providing a shoe, comprising the steps of:
- providing an outsole having a raised lip extending around at least a portion of a periphery of the outsole;
- providing an upper;
- providing a liner with an inside surface;
- and
- passing a stitch from the lip through the upper to the inside surface of the liner;
- wherein said stitch forms a single row of stitches on an outside surface of the shoe and is a sole securing mechanism for securing the outsole, the upper, and the liner without chemical bonding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.