US4517753A
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Shoe
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1981-08-18
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Granted: 1985-05-21
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Expires: 2001-08-18
Abstract
Abstract A shoe particularly a sportshoe, has a side lacing (1) with a slit (2) extending from an edge (4) of a foot opening (3) toward a toe area at the outside of the shoe over a part of the upper (5) of the shoe, and a tongue (10) covering from below the side lacing, said tongue being according to the invention fastened to the upper with a stitching (11) located within an area extending substantially about a central line (6) at a distance from and along said slit (2), and extending, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the shoe, from the forward end (12) of said slit toward the foot opening (3) over a distance of least one third of the slit's length.
Inventors
- 👤 Leslie Rosenbaum
- 👤 Robert Alberts
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 05:14
CPC Classifications
A; A43; A43B; A43B23/00; A43B23/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A shoe, particularly a sport shoe, having a side lacing, extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the shoe on the outside thereof beside, when seen from above, a longitudinal central line of the shoe, extending from the forward central portion of the foot opening to the foremost point of the toe area, said side lacing being formed by a slit extending from the edge of the foot opening in said direction toward the toe area at the outside of the shoe over a part of the shoe's upper, and a tongue covering from below the side lacing and portions of the upper above a user's foot, in which the tongue (10) is fastened to the upper (5) with a stitching (11) located within an area extending substantially about said central line (6) at a distance from and along said slit (2), and extending, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the shoe, from the forward end (12) of said slit toward the foot opening (3) over a distance of least one third of the slit's length.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
A shoe, particularly a sport shoe, having a side lacing, extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the shoe on the outside thereof beside, when seen from above, a longitudinal central line of the shoe, extending from the forward central portion of the foot opening to the foremost point of the toe area, said side lacing being formed by a slit extending from the edge of the foot opening in said direction toward the toe area at the outside of the shoe over a part of the shoe's upper, and a tongue covering from below the side lacing and portions of the upper above a user's foot, in which the tongue (10) is fastened to the upper (5) with a stitching (11) located within an area extending substantially about said central line (6) at a distance from and along said slit (2), and extending, as seen in the longitudinal direction of the shoe, from the forward end (12) of said slit toward the foot opening (3) over a distance of least one third of the slit's length.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
Shoe according to claim 1, said stitching (11) ending, in the direction toward the foot opening (3), at a distance of at least 2 cm and preferably at least 4 cm from the forward edge (7) of the foot opening.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
Shoe according to any one of the previous claims, said tongue (10) consisting of two flat portions (21) which are substantially reversedly equiform about a central line (20) of the tongue, edges (22) of said portions extending along said tongue central line being cut concavely in arcs, each having, relative to a chord between ends (23,24) of said edges (22), a height of between 0.3 and 0.6 cm, said portions (21) being joined together along said edges.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
Shoe according to any one of the previous claims, said slit (2) having at its forward end (12) a substantially V-shaped recess (15) extending transversely in the direction toward said central line (6) and said stitching (11).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
Shoe according to any one of the previous claims, said slit (2) in each one of its edges having at least one substantially V-shaped recess (16,17, resp.) located between the forward end (12) of the slit (2) and the foot opening (3).
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