Shoe upper

Abstract

A shoe upper comprising a knitted fabric has tubular portions having axial directions parallel to a tongue of the shoe upper, being knitted tubularly, and having shoelace holes. The tubular portions are filled with a filler so that the knitted fabric of the tubular portions is reinforced. The knitted fabric around the shoelace holes may be easily reinforced.

1 . A shoe upper made of a knitted fabric and reinforced around shoelace holes, said shoe upper comprising:
 tubular portions knitted seamlessly and tubularly, said tubular portions having a closed periphery defining an inside space, and extending in a direction joining a toe and an ankle, wherein the tubular portions have shoelace holders provided with shoelace holes, and wherein the tubular portions are filled with a filler.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe upper according to  claim 1  wherein the filler contains a thermofusing or thermosetting synthetic resin fused and is adhered to the tubular portions inside the tubular portions. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe upper according to  claim 1  wherein the tubular portions are respectively divided into a plurality of sections. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe upper according to  claim 1 , wherein the tubular portions are respectively provided with an inlet for allowing injection of the filler. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe upper according to  claim 1 , wherein the tubular portions are respectively further provided with collars that enclose an ankle. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe upper according to  claim 5  wherein an elastic filler is filled inside the collars and that a filler containing a thermally-fused synthetic resin or a thermally-set synthetic resin is filled inside the shoelace holders. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe upper according to  claim 6  wherein the tubular portions are respectively further provided with tubular stretch stoppers extending from the shoelace holders into both side surfaces of the shoe upper and the stretch stoppers are filled with a filler containing a thermally-fused synthetic resin or a thermally-set synthetic resin.