Athletic shoe with display portion and method of making

Claim 1

An athletic shoe or the like having a quarter portion extending forwardly and on either side of the longitudinal center line of said shoe, dividing an upper central eyestay opening, outer material overlying the said quarter portion, said outer material forming eyestay portions on either side of said eyestay opening, said outer material also forming a saddle portion extending integrally from said eyestay portion toward the sole of said shoe, means stitching said outer material to said quarter along the periphery of said outer material, along the edges of said opening and along the forward, rearward and lowermost edges thereof, access means at an upper portion of said outer material below one of said eyestay portions providing access to the space between said outer material and said quarter, said outer material being formed with a window display opening spaced from said access means and wherein indicia display means are inserted between said outer material and said quarter behind said window display opening, a transparent window is interposed between said display means and said window display opening and is stitched to said outer material, said indicia display means comprises a card, said stitching means forming a pocket area between said quarter and said outer material, the peripheral edges of said card substantially conforming to the size and shape of the inner peripheral boundaries of said poocket area, said access means being provided with closure means.

Claim 3

A method of fabricating a display area in a shoe having a quarter portion and outer material covering at least a portion of said quarter portion, comprising: forming the outer material as an integral eyestay portion and a depending outer pocket layer, forming a window opening in the outer material in the depending outer pocket layer, and forming an access opening spaced from the window adjacent the eyestay portion; stitching the outer peripheral edges of a transparent window to the outer material behind the window opening, stitching the outer material to the quarter portion inserting a display element through the access opening behind the window opening; and first shaping the edges of the element to conform substantially to the sides and bottom of the area defined by the stitching of the outer material to the quarter.

Claim 4

A method of fabricating a display area in a shoe having a quarter portion and outer material covering at least a portion of said quarter portion, comprising: forming the outer material as an integral eyestay portion and a depending outer pocket layer, forming a window opening in the outer material in the depending outer pocket layer, and forming an access opening spaced from the window adjacent the eyestay portion; stitching the outer peripheral edges of a transparent window to the outer material behind the window opening, stitching the outer material to the quarter portion inserting a display element through the access opening behind the window opening; and first shaping the edges of the element to conform substantially to the sides and bottom of the area defined by the stitching of the outer material to the quarter.