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Adaptable footwear for playing football

A football shoe and football technology, applied in the direction of shoe uppers, boot legs, footwear, etc., can solve the problems of increased weight, large size, unattractive appearance of shoes, etc., and achieve the effect of enhancing the effect of playing football.

Active Publication Date: 2017-11-28
CONCAVE GLOBAL PTY LTD
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[0007] Although athletes have found these shoes to be beneficial to their kicking accuracy and ball speed, the athletes also suggested that the comfort during running should be further improved, and also expressed their concern for the inserted materials used to obtain the improved upper configuration. Concerns caused by increased weight of the shoe
[0008] Additionally, some wearers experience difficulty in lace-up shoes with improved upper configurations, or find such shoes aesthetically unattractive due to their larger size.

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[0034]The illustrated embodiment of soccer shoe 10 is specifically designed for playing soccer, also known in some countries as soccer, in the form of sport. Soccer shoe 10 includes a sole 12 , an upper 14 and a tongue 16 . Upper 14 and tongue 16 are constructed of suitable highly flexible leather or polymer materials typical in the art. Upper 14 includes opposed lateral edges 18 that define a longitudinally extending lacing opening 20 in upper 14 . The sole is provided with an array of studs 22 . Typically, cleat 22 includes a replaceable aluminum tip (not shown). The sole 12, upper 14, tongue 16 and cleats 22 are made and assembled by known techniques.

[0035] According to an embodiment of the invention, the tongue 16 comprises a covering element in the form of a generally elongated insert 24 secured to the tongue 16 .

[0036] refer to figure 2 , insert 24 includes a first or upper portion 26 having a ball control area 28 of generally rigid material. The ball contro...

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Abstract

A football shoe or football boot including a sole, an upper, a fastening means to fasten the shoe or boot in place, and a layer of material that in situ is disposed between the fastening means and an underlying foot or hose, wherein the layer of material includes a ball control region with an outer ball control surface contactable with a football during kicking, and wherein said ball control surface lies rearwardly of a foremost region of the layer of material.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to footwear worn while playing soccer. The invention is applicable to all codes including soccer, rugby as well as Aussie rules, American football and Gaelic football, but is especially useful when playing a sport that is called soccer in most countries but is distinguished as soccer in others . Background technique [0002] For some time there have been many proposals for football boots or football boots with an upper for improving kicking. For example, US Pat. No. 6,421,936 discloses a soccer shoe having an upper having an instep defined by a pair of spaced apart longitudinally extending ridges flanking a transversely concave surface to form a generally cup-shaped Hold the ball touching the back of the foot. The upper also has a toe area, and the ridge at its front end behind the toe area has a front surface with a corresponding upper top. [0003] A general concept of a concave ball-touching surface is als...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A43B5/02A43B19/00A43B23/26A43B3/24A43B5/18
CPCA43B5/025A43B19/00A43B23/26A43B3/24A43B5/18A43B5/02A43B5/185A43B3/0031A43B23/027A43B23/0275
Inventor 福尔克尔·彼得·施泰德勒
Owner CONCAVE GLOBAL PTY LTD