Shoe construction with upper of leather or like material anchored to inner sole and sole structure sealed with foxing strip or simulated foxing strip

Claim 1

An article of footwear (10) having a sole structure that comprises an outer sole (12) of rubber material, an inner sole (17) placed inside the footwear upon said outer sole, an upper (11) of leather or like material that is difficult to be bonded to rubber, such as the outer sole, and an outer member (16) disposed about said outer and said inner soles, on the one hand, and said upper on the other; a separate intermediate strip (15) positioned between said outer member and said upper, said intermediate strip (15) being substantially coextensive with said outer member to form a contact surface boundry therewith, said strip being of a textile material readily bondable both to the leather material of said upper and to the rubber material of said outer sole and affixed to a lower peripheral edge (13) of said upper, adjacent the upper edge of said strip, and lasted with its bottom edge into said inner sole; said intermediate strip in cooperation with said outer member forming a common connection between said outer and said inner soles and said upper, whereby said strip provides a substantially vertical contact surface for bonding with said outer member and extending upwardly to overlie and be secured to a part of said upper.