Labeled shoe sole and method of making the same

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF SO ATTACHING A PREPARED LABEL TO THE BOTTOM OF AN OUTER SOLE OF INCOMPLETELY CURED ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL WHILE BONDING A SHOE UPPER TO SAID OUTER SOLE AS TO PREVENT MATERIAL OF THE OUTER SOLE FROM DISFIGURING THE EXPOSED FACE OF THE LABEL, WHICH COMPRISES AS STEPS: PROVIDING A LABEL OF A WATERPROOF MATERIAL SUCH AS IS CAPABLE OF MAKING AN INTEGRAL BOND WITH THE MATERIAL OF THE OUTER SOLE, PROVIDING A LABEL PROTECTOR OF FLEXIBLE PREVIOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND OF AN AREA EXCEEDING THAT OF THE LABEL, SO ASSEMBLING T HE LABEL WITH THE LABEL PROTECTOR THAT THE FACE OF THE LABEL IS EXPOSED WHILE THE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE PROTECTOR IS EXPOSED AT ALL SIDES OF THE LABEL, CAUSING THE LABEL TO ADHERE TO THE PROTECTOR, PLACING THE ASSEMBLED LABEL AND PROTECTOR ON THE BOTTOM PLATE OF THE MOLD WHICH IS TO BE USED IN UNITING THE LASTED SHOE UPPER TO THE OUTER SOLE WITH THE EXPOSED FACE OF THE LABEL IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH SAID MOLD PLATE, PLACING AN INCOMPLETELY CURED OUTER SOLE BLANK UPON THE PROTECTOR, PLACING A LASTED SHOE UPON THE OUTER SOLE BLANK, AND COMPLETING THE SHOE ACCORDING TO CUSTOMARY PROCEDURE BY APPLYING HEAT AND PRESSURE, AND THEREBY CAUSING PORTIONS OF THE MATERIAL OF THE SOLE BLANK TO PROTRUDE THROUGH THE INTERSTICES OF THE PROTECTOR AND PERMANENTLY BOND THE LABEL TO THE COMPLETED OUTER SOLE WHILE CONCOMITANTLY THE PROTECTOR FUNCTIONS TO PREVENT MATERIAL OF THE OUTER SOLE BLANK FROM INTRUDING BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE MOLD AND THE LABEL.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF SO ATTACHING A PREPARED LABEL TO THE BOTTOM OF AN OUTER SOLE OF INCOMPLETELY CURED ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL WHILE BONDING A SHOE UPPER TO SAID OUTER SOLE AS TO PREVENT MATERIAL OF THE OUTER SOLE FROM DISFIGURING THE EXPOSED FACE OF THE LABEL, WHICH COMPRISES AS STEPS: PROVIDING A LABEL OF A WATERPROOF MATERIAL SUCH AS IS CAPABLE OF MAKING AN INTEGRAL BOND WITH THE MATERIAL OF THE OUTER SOLE, PROVIDING A LABEL PROTECTOR OF FLEXIBLE PREVIOUS SHEET MATERIAL AND OF AN AREA EXCEEDING THAT OF THE LABEL, SO ASSEMBLING T HE LABEL WITH THE LABEL PROTECTOR THAT THE FACE OF THE LABEL IS EXPOSED WHILE THE MARGINAL PORTION OF THE PROTECTOR IS EXPOSED AT ALL SIDES OF THE LABEL, CAUSING THE LABEL TO ADHERE TO THE PROTECTOR, PLACING THE ASSEMBLED LABEL AND PROTECTOR ON THE BOTTOM PLATE OF THE MOLD WHICH IS TO BE USED IN UNITING THE LASTED SHOE UPPER TO THE OUTER SOLE WITH THE EXPOSED FACE OF THE LABEL IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH SAID MOLD PLATE, PLACING AN INCOMPLETELY CURED OUTER SOLE BLANK UPON THE PROTECTOR, PLACING A LASTED SHOE UPON THE OUTER SOLE BLANK, AND COMPLETING THE SHOE ACCORDING TO CUSTOMARY PROCEDURE BY APPLYING HEAT AND PRESSURE, AND THEREBY CAUSING PORTIONS OF THE MATERIAL OF THE SOLE BLANK TO PROTRUDE THROUGH THE INTERSTICES OF THE PROTECTOR AND PERMANENTLY BOND THE LABEL TO THE COMPLETED OUTER SOLE WHILE CONCOMITANTLY THE PROTECTOR FUNCTIONS TO PREVENT MATERIAL OF THE OUTER SOLE BLANK FROM INTRUDING BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE MOLD AND THE LABEL.