Footwear with finished platform

Abstract

A method for making footwear using a finished platform. The method includes providing a finished platform having a peripheral side region; providing an outsole unit; and providing an upper attached to the peripheral side region of the finished platform. The finished platform includes an insole, a sock lining unit, having a peripheral portion for seaming and stitching, which is attached to an upper surface of the insole, and a wrapper covering the peripheral side region of the finished platform, the wrapper seamed to the peripheral portion of the sock lining unit. The present method provides the advantage of having a finished platform which can readily receive an upper. This allows a simple and economical attachment of the upper to a finished platform, efficiently streamlining manufacturing and production of completed shoes, making a simple and cost-favorable shoe production possible.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method for making footwear comprising: 
 providing a finished platform having a peripheral side region, the platform including: 
 an insole having an upper surface;  
 a sock lining attached to the upper surface of the insole, having a peripheral region;  
 a wrapper covering the peripheral side region of the finished platform; and,  
 stitching the wrapper for seaming to the peripheral region of the sock lining;  
   attaching an upper having a vamp to the peripheral side region of the finished platform subsequent to completing the finished platform; and,    attaching an outsole unit to the finished platform.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the insole of the finished platform further comprises a foam insole cover, a fiber tuck, and a steel shank.  
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the outsole unit includes a heel having a height, and wherein the method further includes molding the finished platform on the basis of the height of the heel.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising attaching the foam insole cover to the upper surface of the insole.  
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the wrapper forms a bottom cover having an outsole region marked for attachment of the outsole unit and a shank area for joining the bottom cover.  
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising positioning the outsole region marked for attachment in the forepart of the bottom cover and cementing and stitching the outsole unit to the outsole region marked for attachment.  
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising seaming or stitching the bottom cover in the shank area of the bottom cover.  
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5 , further comprising adhesively attaching the bottom cover to the peripheral side region of the finished platform.  
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising hand-sewing the upper around the entire periphery of the finished platform with stitches against the peripheral side region of the finished platform, thereby joining the upper to the finished platform.  
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , further comprising adhesively attaching the sock lining to the foam insole cover, wherein the sock lining comprises a sock forepart and a skeleton sock backpart.  
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , further comprising positioning a heel in a heel portion of the underside region of the finished platform.  
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the sock lining unit further comprises a sock lining pad placed over a heel portion of the finished platform, covering the skeleton sock backpart.  
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein the bottom cover is made of the same material as the upper.  
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the stitches are Opanka stitch series.  
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the insole is made of molded rubber material.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing a plurality of cavities in an underside region of the finished platform for reducing the weight of the platform and giving elasticity to the platform.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing an insole cavity in the upper surface of the insole for attaching the sock lining unit.  
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the wrapper is a strip made from a same material as the upper, the wrapper attached to the sock lining unit by Opanka stitch series.  
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising providing an outsole cavity in the outsole unit to accommodate the finished platform and providing a shank cavity to fix a steel shank cavity in the outsole cavity, wherein the outsole unit is made of molded rubber.  
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising marking the upper for with Opanka stitch series for placement of awl.  
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising pre-punching the upper with dots for hand-sewing.  
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising placing the foam insole cover in the insole cavity and adhesively attaching the foam insole cover to the insole cavity.  
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 18  and  22 , wherein the wrapper stitched to the sock lining forms an opening for the placement of the insole, the wrapper adhesively fixed to a side and a bottom periphery region of the insole.  
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising hand-sewing the upper to the sock lining unit by Opanka stitch series simultaneously stitching the finished platform to the sock lining.  
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein a sole cement is applied to the underside region of the finished platform and an upper surface of the outsole unit for adhesively attaching the finished platform to the outsole unit.  
     
     
         26 . A method for making footwear comprising: 
 attaching an insole to a sock lining unit having a peripheral portion for seaming and stitching;    providing and securing a wrapper covering an underside region of the insole, the wrapper seamed to the peripheral portion of the sock lining unit, wherein the wrapper attached to the insole form a finished platform having a peripheral side region;    securing an upper to the peripheral side region of the finished platform subsequent to completing the finished platform; and    subsequently attaching the finished platform to an outsole unit.