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US 8,555,529 B2Granted
Sole element for a shoe
Assigneeadidas International Marketing B.V.
InventorsBruno Jean Antonelli, Wolfgang Scholz, Jürgen Weidl, Josh Robert Gordon, Jan Hill, Gerd Rainer Manz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shoe having a sole element. The sole element includes a sole area extending below a wearer's foot and a heel cup three-dimensionally encompassing a heel of the wearer's foot. The heel cup alone forms at least a portion of a sidewall of the shoe.
Claims19
A shoe comprising:
- an outsole element, wherein the outsole element comprises:
- a sole area configured to extend below a wearer's foot;
- and
- a heel cup extending upwardly from at least a first portion of the sole area and configured to three-dimensionally encompass a heel of the wearer's foot, wherein the heel cup alone forms at least a first portion of a sidewall of the shoe;
- and
- an upper comprising:
- a first part attached to an upper edge of the heel cup;
- and
- a second part attached to the sole area, wherein the second part of the upper alone forms at least a second portion of the sidewall of the shoe.
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A shoe comprising:
- an outsole element, wherein the outsole element comprises:
- a sole area configured to extend below a wearer's foot;
- a reinforcing element integrally formed with the sole area;
- and
- a heel cup extending upwardly from at least a first portion of the sole area and configured to three-dimensionally encompass a heel of the wearer's foot, wherein the heel cup alone forms at least a first portion of a sidewall of the shoe;
- and
- an upper comprising:
- a first part attached to an upper edge of the heel cup;
- and
- a second part attached to the sole area, wherein the second part of the upper alone forms at least a second portion of the sidewall of the shoe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.