Article of footwear with improved structure

a technology of footwear and articles, applied in the direction of uppers, bootlegs, stiffners, etc., can solve the problems of increasing the number of manufacturing operations and the time required to carry out such operations, the discontinuity of the structure of the shoe, and the complexity of the shoe manufactured using conventional techniques, so as to improve the comfort of the footwear, the transmission of forces, or the effect of not changing information
US20170181501A1Inactive Publication Date: 2017-06-29SALOMON SA
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
SALOMON SA
Publication Date
2017-06-29
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

An article of footwear that includes a first envelope extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise from a bottom to a top end, the first envelope demarcating a volume for receiving a foot, the article of footwear including a second envelope extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise from a bottom to a top end, the second envelope demarcating a volume for receiving a foot, the first envelope and the second envelope being arranged opposite one another. In the area of at least one subdivision, the article of footwear includes an intermediate component deformable elastically and reversibly, the intermediate component being arranged between the first envelope and the second envelope.
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BACKGROUND

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The invention relates to an article of footwear, such as a shoe or any equivalent. The article of footwear can be used in fields such as walking, running on flat or mountainous terrain, skateboarding, ball-playing sports, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, biking, and the like.

[0003] 2. Description of the Background

[0004] An article of footwear must fulfill various and sometimes contradictory functions, such as providing adequate support and / or tightening of the foot while providing satisfactory comfort for the foot. The article of footwear must also have a certain flexibility, a property that involves good deformability to certain deformations of the foot. In other words, the article of footwear must adapt to the foot while allowing it to have the freedom required for walking or practicing the sport involved.

[0005] To this end, it is known to make articles of footwear, such as shoes, by combining an upper and a sole assembly...

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