Clog-type shoes and method for their production

Claim 1

A method for producing a clog-type shoe having a sole and a vamp joined to the sole at the forward portion thereof for confining the front portion of a wearer's foot, the method comprising the steps of forming a sole having the configuration of a conventional clog-type shoe having an upper foot receiving surface, an opposed ground contacting surface and two opposed side surfaces therebetween which are generally perpendicular to the two first-named surfaces and along the length of the sole, a recess is located in each side surface adjacent to the forward portion of the sole and depending from the upper surface thereof adapted to receive a wing portion of the vamp in each such recess, the sole being at least partially formed of a foamed polymeric material, roughening the upper foot receiving surface and the side surfaces within each of the recesses, applying an adhesive to the roughened upper foot receiving surface, placing a sockliner on the upper foot receiving surface to adhesively attach the sockliner to said surface, skiving each of the wing portions of the vamp which will mate with the sole at the recesses, applying a coat of an adhesive to each of the roughened recesses and to each of the corresponding skived portions of the wings of the vamp, thermally activating the adhesive coatings on the sole and vamp, spotting each of the wing portions of the vamp in its corresponding recess in the sole, and pressing the vamp and sockliner against the sole to bond the vamp and sockliner to the sole permanently whereby a clog-type shoe is produced having greatly improved comfort over conventional wooden clogs while having a construction of generally equivalent durability.

Claim 2

A method for producing a clog-type shoe having a sole and a vamp joined to the sole at the forward portion thereof for confining the front portion of a wearer's foot, the method comprising the steps of forming a sole having the configuration of a conventional clog-type shoe having an upper foot receiving surface, an opposed ground contacting surface and two opposed side surfaces therebetween which are generally perpendicular to the two first-named surfaces and along the length of the sole, a recess is located in each side surface adjacent to the forward portion of the sole and depending from the upper surface thereof adapted to receive a wing portion of the vamp in each such recess, the sole being at least partially formed of a foamed polymeric material, roughening the upper foot receiving surface and the side surfaces within each of the recesses, applying an adhesive to the roughened upper foot receiving surface, placing a sockliner on the upper foot receiving surface to adhesively attach the sockliner to said surface, skiving each of the wing portions of the vamp which will mate with the sole at the recesses, applying a coat of an adhesive to each of the roughened recesses and to each of the corresponding skived portions of the wings of the vamp, thermally activating the adhesive coatings on the sole and vamp, spotting each of the wing portions of the vamp in its corresponding recess in the sole, and pressing the vamp and sockliner against the sole to bond the vamp and sockliner to the sole permanently whereby a clog-type shoe is produced having greatly improved comfort over conventional wooden clogs while having a construction of generally equivalent durability.