California-type shoe

Claim 2

A hand sewn shoe comprising, an upper having a folded over edge, a sole having a stitching edge and a lateral stitching groove running parallel to the stitching edge, and indentations which pass part way between the stitching edge and the stitching groove, wherein the folded-over edge is stitched directly to the stitching edge and the stitching passes through the indentations.

Claim 9

A method for making a hand sewn shoe from an upper having a vamp portion with a lower margin and a plug portion, and a sole having indentations to facilitate hand stitching as claimed in claim 4 further comprising, prepunching an inner and an outdr parallel row of holes along the lower margin of the vamp portion, before forming the folded-over edge, forming the folded-over edge along the lower margin of the vamp portion such that the holes of the parallel rows are aligned, and attaching the folded-over edge to the sole by hand stittching through the aligned prepunched holes and into the sole.

Claim 10

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a vamp portion with a lower margin and a plug portion, and a sole as claimed in claim 5, further comprising, providing a sock-lining having a sock-lining margin, sewing the sock-lining margin to the outer row of holes and, forming a folded-over edge such that the folded-over edge sandwiches the sock-lining margin.

Claim 11

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a vamp portion with a lower margin and a plug portion as claimed in claim 5 further comprising, providing a sock-lining with a sock-lining margin, forming the folded-over edge along the lower margin of the vamp portion such that it sandwiches the sock-lining margin, base stitching the folded-over edge through the aligned rows of holes to capture the sock-lining margin in the folded-over edge, and attaching the base-stitched folded-over edge to the sole by stitching through the folded-over edge and into the sole.

Claim 12

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a vamp portion with a lower margin and a plug portion as claimed is claim 7 further comprising, prepunching a row of sock-lining holes along the sock-lining margin which sock-lining holes mate with the outer and inner rows of holes along the lower margin of the vamp portion, forming a folded-over edge along the lower margin of the vamp portion and sandwiching the sock-lining margin in the folded-over edge such that the inner and outer parallel rows of holes and the sock-lining holes are aligned.

Claim 15

A method for making a hand sewn shoe from an upper having a lower margin and a sole having indentations to facilitate hand stitching as claimed in claim 9 further comprising, first prepunching an inner and outer parallel row of holes along the lower margin of the upper, forming the folded-over edge along the lower margin of the upper such that the holes of the parallel rows are aligned, and stitching the folded-over edge to the sole by hand stitching through the aligned prepunched holes and into the sole.

Claim 16

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a lower margin and a sole as claimed in claim 9 comprising, providing a sock-lining having a sock-lining margin, and forming the folded-over edge such that it sandwiches the sock-lining margin.

Claim 17

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a lower margin and a sole as claimed in claim 11 further comprising, sewing the sock-lining margin to the lower margin of the upper before forming the folded-over edge.

Claim 18

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a lower margin and a sole as claimed in claim 12 further comprising, first prepunching an inner and an outer parallel row of holes along the lower margin of the upper, sewing the sock-lining margin to the lower margin of the upper by sewing the sock-lining margin to the outer row of holes, and forming the folded-over edge such that the holes of the parallel rows are aligned.

Claim 19

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a lower margin and a sole as claimed in claim 13 further comprising, prepunching a row of sock-lining holes along the sock-lining margin which sock-lining holes mate with the inner and outer row of holes along the lower margin of the upper, and sewing the sock-lining margin to the outer row of holes by sewing the sock-lining holes to the mating outer row of holes.

Claim 20

A method for making a shoe from an upper having a lower margin and a sole as claimed in claim 11 further comprising, capturing the sock-lining margin in the folded-over edge by base-stitching before stitching the folded-over edge to the base.

Claim 21

A method for making a shoe from an upper witn a lower margin and a sole as claimed in claim 15 further comprising, prepunching an inner and outer parallel row of holes along the lower margin of the upper, prepunching sock-lining holes along the sock-lining margin which sock-lining holes mate with the inner and outer row of holes along the lower margin of the upper, forming the folded-over edge along the lower margin of the upper and sandwiching the sock-lining margin in this folded-over edge such that the inner and outer parallel rows of holes and the sock-lining holes are aligned, capturing the sock-lining in the folded-over edge by base stitching through the aligned rows of holes, and attaching the folded-over edge to the sole by stitching through the aligned holes and into the sole.