Injection molded elastomeric sole component, shoe including same and method of making same

Abstract

Abstract An elastomeric injection molded foot pad having a pine oil scent has a cushioned heel surrounded by a gap on the pad bottom. The gap is surrounded by a ridge having a bottom edge that is approximately co-planar with a bottom face of the cushion. Bottom treads spacing a bottom face of the pad from an interior face of a shoe sole minimize slippage between the pad and the sole. Openings in the pad provide air passages from a gap below the pad face to a foot of a wearer of a shoe including the pad. A fabric layer molded with the pad upper surface is surrounded by a groove in the upper face formed during molding by a cavity having an interior wall for keeping the fabric layer in situ. The groove is surrounded by a fabric coating having a window where the fabric layer is located. A similar fabric layer is molded with an injection molded sole bonded to a sock liner of a slip lasted shoe; the liner has a window surrounding the fabric layer.

Inventors

• 👤 A Borell Thomas
• 👤 J Pita Frank

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