System for individualizing a shoe

a shoe and system technology, applied in the field of individualizing a shoe, can solve the problems of not providing a real individual shoe design, unable to provide a shoe with an outer appearance, and unable to provide a shoe design, etc., and achieve the effect of high degree of individualization

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-06-14
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[0009] A system in accordance with the invention allows the easy realization of an unlimited number of different overall designs of a shoe by rubbing one or more second desi

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Although there are a great variety of models on the market, selecting a shoe with respect to its outer appearance is generally limited to given shoe models.
This does not, however, provide a real individual shoe design.
Furthermore, the configuration requires knowledge that many customers are lacking, in particular children.
For example, assignee of the present application distributed shoes for children in the mid-80's that had white uppers together with a set of pens for individually designing the shoe; however, the result achieved was not always aesthetically pleasing.
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[0018] In the following, embodiments of the system are further described with reference to an example of an individual design of children's footwear; however, it is to be understood that a system in accordance with the invention can also be used to individualize the design of other types of shoes independent from their field of use and size.

[0019]FIG. 1 presents a general view of a shoe 10 and a set of rub-on design elements 20. The shoe 10 has an upper 5 having an instep region 11, a tongue 7, a heel region 8, and side regions 12, as is known in the art; however, other types of uppers are contemplated and within the scope of the invention. A plurality of first design elements 15 are permanently arranged on the instep region 11 and the side regions 12 by, for example, imprinting the material of the upper 5 (leather, patent leather, polymers, or the like) before, during, or after the manufacture of the shoe 10. Imprinting can be done, for example, via screen-printing, sublimation pr...

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for individualizing a shoe. The system includes a shoe with a first surface region having at least one first design element and at least one second design element having a contact surface. The contact surface and/or the surface region are configured such that the second design element can be rubbed onto any arbitrary location on the surface region of the shoe.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application incorporates by reference, and claims priority to and the benefit of, German Patent Application Serial No. 102005058927.8, which was filed on Dec. 9, 2005, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002] The present invention relates to a system for individualizing a shoe, in particular children's shoes. BACKGROUND [0003] Shoes today are mass-produced, such that identical models are produced in high numbers for reducing manufacturing costs. Although there are a great variety of models on the market, selecting a shoe with respect to its outer appearance is generally limited to given shoe models. [0004] At the same time, there is a trend for individualization in many areas of society. The wearer of a shoe wants to identify with his shoe and to make it different from other shoes. For example, major shoe manufacturers now offer the possibility to configure a shoe over the Internet w...

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IPC IPC(8): A43B3/30A43B23/00
CPCA43B3/0078A43B3/24A43B3/242A43B23/24A43D999/00
Inventor BRADY, PETER DENNISCARDOSO, CATARINAHUBAN, ERIC G.HOPWOOD, ADAM ROBERTSONKNAUER, SUSANNERABUS, DANIEL
Owner ADIDAS
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