Method for realizing shoes and a shoe obtained with such a method

Abstract

A method for realizing shoes comprises the steps of: providing an upper, a heel and a sole element provided with at least one sole portion and a shank portion; removing part of the material of the sole from its lower face at the shank region; tightening the sole element along its side edge at the shank region; providing a coating element for the shank; gluing the coating element to the lower face of the sole at a seat defined by the removal of the material from the shank region, wrapping the coating element to the sole with two laps brought onto the upper face of the sole destined to be covered by the upper; completing the assembly of the shoe by mounting the upper and the heel.

1 . A method for realizing shoes, comprising the following working steps:
 providing an upper ( 11 ), a heel ( 15 ) and a sole element ( 12 ) provided with at least one sole portion ( 13 ) and a shank portion ( 14 );   removing part of the material of the sole ( 12 ) from its lower face at the shank region ( 14 );   tightening the sole element ( 12 ) along its side edge at the shank region ( 14 );   providing a coating element ( 17 ) for the shank;   gluing the coating element ( 17 ) to the lower face of the sole ( 12 ) at a seat defined by the removal of the material from the shank region ( 14 ), wrapping the coating element ( 17 ) to the sole with two laps ( 19 ,  20 ) brought onto the upper face of the sole destined to be covered by the upper;   completing the assembly of the shoe by mounting the upper ( 11 ) and the heel ( 15 ).   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the removal of material from the lower face of the sole in the shank region ( 14 ) involves a thickness of about 0.5 mm. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the removal of material from the side edge of the sole in the shank region ( 14 ) involves a thickness of about 0.5 mm. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the sole element ( 12 ) is provided by including also a portion destined to the application of the heel, and the removal of material from the sole is made also at such portion. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the coating element ( 17 ) of the shank is provided in a generally rectangular shape. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the coating element ( 17 ) of the shank is provided with the same material of the upper. 
     
     
         7 . A shoe comprising an upper ( 11 ), a heel ( 15 ) and a sole ( 12 ) provided with a sole portion ( 13 ) and a coated shank portion ( 14 ), characterized in that the shank portion ( 14 ) is coated by a coating element ( 17 ) that is physically separated from the upper ( 11 ), the separation between the upper ( 11 ) and coating element ( 17 ) defining a visual separating line ( 21 ) along the lower edge of the upper, at the shank. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the coating element ( 17 ) of the shank ( 14 ) is constituted with the same material of the upper. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe according to  claim 7 , characterized in that the coating element ( 17 ) of the shank ( 14 ) is applied on the lower face of the sole ( 12 ) and is wrapped around the sole with two laps ( 19 ,  20 ) at the upper face of the sole covered by the upper ( 11 ). 
     
     
         10 . The shoe according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the coating element ( 17 ) of the shank ( 14 ) is applied in a seat defined by the removal of the material of the sole, at the shank region ( 14 ).