Method of manufacturing a footwear

Claim 1

In a method for manufacturing a footwear comprising the steps of placing in a mold assembly having male and female molds a preformed section of appropriate material forming a part of the footwear in such a manner that a portion of the preformed section is within a molding cavity for molding another section of the footwear, injecting molding material into the cavity to thereby integrally connect the preformed section with the molding material, the improvement comprising supporting a peripheral portion of the preformed material away from the molding surfaces of the male and female molds by a plurality of pairs of projections which extend outwardly from the surfaces of the male and female molds to provide a space between the peripheral portion of the preformed material and the molding surface of each of the male and female molds, each pair of projections being spaced from the other pairs of projections and including a first projection extending from the surface of the male mold and a second projection extending from the surface of the female mold and aligned with the first projection, whereby the molding material which is injected into the cavity forms a layer of mold material between the peripheral portion of the preformed material and each of the male and female molds to securely connect the preformed material to the molding material, and holes are formed in the mold material by the projections which extend from the outer surface of the mold material to the preformed material.