Shoe, in particular a sports shoe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10765168-B2
Application number	US-201515769929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 23, 2015
Priority date	Oct 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

A shoe, comprising a sole and a shoe upper, wherein the sole comprises a sole part which has a base region from which at least one support part extends upwards during the intended use of the shoe, wherein the shoe upper comprises a sock-like section connected to the sole for receiving the foot of the wearer. To obtain improved contact of the shoe with the foot of the wearer, the at least one support part covers the sock-like section on the shoe outer side, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part and the sock-like section over at least a section of the support part and that both the at least one support part and the sock-like section are surrounded by a tensioning element which tensions at least some sections of both the support part and the sock-like section against the foot of the wearer of the shoe.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shoe, comprising a sole and a shoe upper,
wherein the sole comprises an outer sole and a sole part which has a base region from which a support part extends upwards,
wherein the shoe upper comprises a sock section connected to the sole for receiving a foot of a wearer,
wherein the support part covers the sock section on an outer side of the shoe, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part and the sock section over at least a section of the support part and
wherein both the support part and the sock section are surrounded by a tensioning element adapted to tension at least some sections of both the support part and the sock section against the foot of the wearer of the shoe,
wherein the tensioning element is designed as a net structure which comprises a plurality of apertures, wherein a lace is threaded only into some apertures of the plurality of apertures of the tensioning element to tension the tensioning element at the foot of the wearer of the shoe,
wherein the support part is arranged in a rear side region and/or in a heel region of the shoe, wherein the support part extends along a height of at least 40% of a total height of the shoe,
wherein the tensioning element runs circumferentially around a bottom side of the shoe so that the tensioning element envelops a bottom region of the sock section and the base region of the sole part, wherein the tensioning element is fixed between the sole part of the sole and the outer sole which forms a bottom end of the shoe so that the tensioning element extends over a portion of a bottom of the sole part from a lateral side of the shoe to a medial side of the shoe.

2. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning element is connected with the sole in a bottom region of the shoe.

3. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein an insole is arranged in an interior of the sock section.

4. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein a single support part is arranged in the heel region of the shoe, which comprises an insection in a central region.

5. The shoe according to claim 1 , further including a support part arranged in a front or central region of the shoe.

6. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning element, apart from a location in the heel region, is connected with the sole only in a bottom region of the sole and runs, apart from the connection with the sole in the bottom region, without connection around a region of the shoe upper.

7. The shoe according to claim 1 , wherein the tensioning element comprises a circumferential reinforcement rim in a region of foot entry, wherein the circumferential reinforcement rim is formed by a flat plastic band.

Assignees

• Puma SE

Inventors

• Johnson Charles
• Krüger Thomas
• Sussmann Reinhold

Classifications

• A43B9/00

  Footwear characterised by the assembling of the individual parts · CPC title

• A43B19/00

  Shoe-shaped inserts; Inserts covering the instep · CPC title

• A43B7/14 Primary

  with foot-supporting parts · CPC title

• A43B23/0245

  characterised by the constructive form · CPC title

• A43C1/00

  Shoe lacing fastenings (garment fastening devices A41F) · CPC title