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US 8,914,992 B1Granted
Shoe sole with decorative 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 shoe sole, comprising:
- (a) a plurality of layers bonded together along their adjacent surfaces;
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- (b) an insert disposed between a first layer and a second layer, said first and second layers being included in the plurality of layers, said second layer being immediately adjacent to said first layer, but wherein said insert is located only at a rear section of said first and second layers, with said first and second layers being bonded directly to each other along a front section,
- wherein side sections of said plurality of layers have been ground down in order to smooth out sections where the layers do not match precisely and to de-emphasize seams between the layers, and
- wherein the insert has at least one of decoration, a high-gloss coating, a textile wrap, an outer decal, a clear plastic coating or texturing on its outer surface, extending to at least one of its top edge where it contacts the first layer and its bottom edge where it contacts the second layer.
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