Shoe lining and stiffening materials

Claim 1

A NORMALLY FLEXIBLE, LASTABLE SHOR LINER COMPRISING A RELATIVELY OPEN NON-WOVEN, TWO DIMENSIONALLY STRETCH ABLE, FIBROUS SHEET BASE FROM 0.02 TO 0.01 INCH IN THICKNESS, A COATING OF FLOCKING CEMENT ON ONE OF SAID BASE, FLOCK FIBERS HELD IN UPSTANDING RELATION TO SAID SHEET BY SAID COATING OF CEMENT, AND A SUBSTANTIALLY SOLID CONTINOUS LAYER OF HEAT SOFTNABLE, STIFF RESILIENT, THEREMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE LOCALIZED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE SURFACE ON THE OTHER FACE OF SAID BASE, SAID FIBROUS SHEET BASE INCLUDING A BINDER HOLDING THE FIBERS IN RELATIVELY OPEN, LOOSELY MATTED RELATIONSHIP SUBSTANTIALLY ONLY AT THEIR POINTS OF CONTACT, PROJECTING ENDSOF FIBERS OF SAID FIBROUS SHEET BESING EMBEDDED IN AND HELD AGAINST DISPLACEMENT BY SAID LAYER OF ADHESIVE AND PORTIONS OF THE FIBERS IN THE INTERIOR OF SAID FIBROUS SHEET BEING CAPABLE OF LIMITED MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, SAID LAYER OF ADHESIVE HAVING A THICKNESS RELATIVE TO THE THICKNESS OF SAID BASE OF THE ORDER OF 0.01:0.027 WHEREBY SAID ADHESIVE WILL PENETRATE SAID BASE AND SURROUND SUBSTANTIAL PORTIONS OF THE FIBERS OF AID BASE WHEN SAID ADHESIVE IS SOFTENED BY HEAT AND AN ASSEMBLED SHOE AND LINER ARE STRETCHED AGAINST A FORM IN THE SHAPING OF A SHOE.