US2003226280A1PendingUtilityA1

Textile-soled footwear

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Priority: Apr 12, 2002Filed: Apr 14, 2003Published: Dec 11, 2003
Est. expiryApr 12, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Stephen L. ParatoreBilo Tsui
A43B 13/141A43B 7/12A43B 13/223A43B 13/122A43B 9/18A43B 7/141A43B 13/12
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Abstract

An article of footwear has a moldably attached upper and an outsole having a textile layer integrally embedded in an outsole layer at the ground-contacting surface. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the entire outer shell of the footwear article is simultaneously assembled during a single injection molding process. In a preferred embodiment, the outsole layer is molded from thermoplastic resin. The textile employed for the ground-contacting textile layer can be any natural or man-made textile. In one embodiment, the outsole extends around the side of the shoe, moldably attaching to the upper across a large width. Integral formation of the textile-covered outsole provides one of the significant advantages of the invention, prevention of tearing of the ground-contacting textile outsole layer and/or separation of the textile outsole layer from the outsole. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the outsole layer has treads to which the textile outsole layer is moldably conformed.

Claims

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What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An article of footwear comprising, in combination: 
 an outsole, said outsole comprising at least one moldable material;    an upper moldably attached to said outsole; and    a textile layer moldably attached to the ground-contacting surface of said outsole.    
     
     
         2 . The article of footwear of  claim 1 , wherein said outsole is molded.  
     
     
         3 . The article of footwear of  claim 2 , wherein the molded outsole is fabricated by injection molding.  
     
     
         4 . The article of footwear of  claim 3 , wherein said upper and said textile layer are moldably attached to the molded outsole through injection molding.  
     
     
         5 . The article of footwear of  claim 4 , wherein said upper and said textile layer are moldably attached to the molded outsole through injection molding during the same process in which the molded outsole is being fabricated.  
     
     
         6 . The article of footwear of  claim 5 , wherein the molded outsole includes a foxing-like portion that is moldably attached to said upper.  
     
     
         7 . The article of footwear of  claim 6 , wherein said outsole has treads and said textile layer moldably conforms to said treads.  
     
     
         8 . The article of footwear of  claim 1 , wherein said outsole is cut from moldable material.  
     
     
         9 . The article of footwear of  claim 1 , wherein said upper and said textile layer are moldably attached to said outsole through vulcanization.  
     
     
         10 . The article of footwear of  claim 1 , wherein said outsole has treads and said textile layer moldably conforms to said treads.  
     
     
         11 . A slipper comprising, in combination: 
 an outsole, said outsole comprising at least one water-resistant material;    an upper moldably attached to said outsole; and    a textile layer moldably attached on the ground-contacting surface of said outsole.    
     
     
         12 . The slipper of  claim 11 , wherein said outsole is made of moldable material.  
     
     
         13 . The slipper of  claim 12 , wherein said outsole is molded.  
     
     
         14 . The slipper of  claim 13 , wherein the molded outsole is fabricated by injection molding.  
     
     
         15 . The slipper of  claim 14 , wherein said upper and said textile layer are moldably attached to the molded outsole through injection molding.  
     
     
         16 . The slipper of  claim 15 , wherein said upper and said textile layer are moldably attached to the molded outsole through injection molding during the same process in which the molded outsole is being fabricated.  
     
     
         17 . The slipper of  claim 16 , wherein the molded outsole includes a foxing-like portion that is moldably attached to said upper.  
     
     
         18 . The slipper of  claim 17 , wherein said outsole has treads and said textile layer moldably conforms to said treads.  
     
     
         19 . The slipper of  claim 11 , wherein said outsole has treads and said textile layer moldably conforms to said treads.  
     
     
         20 . The slipper of  claim 12 , wherein said outsole has treads and said textile layer moldably conforms to said treads.

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