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US 8,209,884 B2Granted
Outside Opanka shoe construction
AssigneeColumbia Insurance Company
InventorThomas E. McClaskie
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Abstract
A shoe construction and a method for making a shoe wherein an outsole is provided with a raised lip extending around a periphery of the outsole, and an upper is secured to the outsole by a stitch along the lip such that an inside surface of the upper is facing the outside surface of the lip. The shoe construction further includes an inner sole and a vamp lining secured together by a stitch and placed on the inside surface of the upper such as to protect a wearer's foot from the stitch securing the outsole with the upper.
Claims18
A shoe comprising:
- an outsole having a toe area and a raised lip extending around a periphery of said outsole, said lip having an inside surface and an outside surface;
- an upper having an inside surface and an outside surface;
- an inner sole;
- and
- a vamp lining secured to said inner sole by a first stitch;
- wherein said upper is secured to said outsole by a second stitch extending around at least the toe area of said outsole such that said inside surface of the upper is facing said outside surface of the lip;
- wherein said second stitch extends through said outside surface of the upper, through said inside surface of the upper, through said outside surface of the lip, and through said inside surface of the lip;
- and
- wherein said inner sole and said vamp lining are adjacent to said inside surface of the upper to cover said second stitch and to provide protection for a wearer's foot.
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A method for constructing a shoe, comprising the steps of:
- providing an outsole having a toe area and a raised lip that extends around a periphery of said outsole;
- providing an upper having an inside surface and an outside surface;
- providing an inner sole;
- securing a vamp lining to the inner sole by a first stitch;
- placing said upper adjacent to said outsole such that the inside surface of the upper is facing an outside surface of the lip;
- securing the upper to the outsole in at least the toe area of said outsole by a second stitch, said second stitch being formed by passing a stitch material through said outside surface of the upper, through said inside surface of the upper, through said outside surface of the lip, and through said inside surface of the lip;
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- placing said inner sole and said vamp lining adjacent to the inside surface of the upper such that said inner sole and said vamp lining cover said second stitch and provide protection for a wearer's foot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.