Girthwise adjustable shoe construction

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-03-03
ROSEN HENRI E
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[0008]This invention is directed to a girth adjustable shoe construction having improved means for adjusting the effective girth of a shoe for optimum fit to a fo

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It should be noted that none of these above approaches have usually fully accommodated the need for full girthwise adjustment of the shoe, particularly in both upper and lower sides of the shoe in its fit critical longitudinal midportions.
This approach has presented girthwise fitting problems in general for wearers with feet other than medium gir

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[0036]Referring to the drawings there is shown a typical shoe design in a construction embodying principles of the present invention, applicable to other shoe designs, including those with conventional laces or straps.

[0037]FIG. 1 shows a popular handsewn loafer styled casual shoe 20, comprising an upper assembly 22 which includes a vamp 24 attached to a plug 26 as by a handsewn seam 28, and a cuff 30 attached to the vamp 24 by a cuff-stitching 32 and also by topline stitching 34 thereunder (as best seen in later figures), as well as a counter 36 attached to the backpart of the vamp 24 by counter-stitching 38. FIG. 1 also shows girth adjusting midportional flexible tapes 40. The flexible tapes 40, which are preferably woven and inelastic fabrics, are stitched to the toplines of the vamp 24 together with an elastic, preferably spandex fabric, loose lining 42 thereunder. The loose lining 42 latter extends across the top surface of a loose insole 44 and there are multiple insoles there...

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Abstract

A shoe construction providing improved means for the adjustment of its girthwise dimensions.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention comprises a shoe construction providing improved means for adjusting the effective girth of a shoe to properly fit the foot therein, including along both their upper and lower side portions, as well as providing means to keep the foot transversely centered in the shoe at its lesser girth adjustments.[0002]It is well known that for optimum fit a shoe should not only be of suitable length, but also of the proper effective girth to provide a comfortably close fit, to the foot of the wearer. Earlier, this was often best approached by having one's shoes made to order by capable cobblers, later joined by somewhat more specialized so-called custom shoemakers. With the Industrial Revolution and particularly in the latter nineteenth century, such custom footwear became largely superseded by typically lower-cost manufactured shoes, initially made available in a limited number of basic styles, often in a range of successive girths, then and still...

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IPC IPC(8): A43B3/26
CPCA43B3/14A43B23/07A43B13/38A43B3/26
InventorROSEN, HENRI E.
OwnerROSEN HENRI E