SHOE HAVING A TRANSVERSAL AIR PASSAGEWAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

Abstract

Shoe having a transversal air passageway comprising a shoe sole (4) and an upper (1) and a lower (3) pliable parts for enclosing a foot of the user of the shoe, wherein the shoe further comprises a peripheral band (2) formed in the shape of a closed line and formed in a resilient material, wherein the upper and lower parts are attached by their outer edges to opposing faces of said peripheral band along its length, and wherein the lower part is attached to the shoe sole in both the front and back parts of the shoe, but not in a part between the front and back parts of the shoe, such that a transversal air passageway (5) is formed from the medial part to the lateral part of the shoe, between the front and the back parts of the shoe, and between the shoe sole and the lower part.

Claims

1. Shoe having a transversal air passageway comprising a shoe sole and an upper and a lower pliable parts for enclosing a foot of the user of the shoe, characterized in that the shoe further comprises a peripheral band formed in the shape of a closed line and formed in a resilient material, wherein the upper and lower parts are attached by their outer edges to opposing faces of said peripheral band along its length, and wherein the lower part is attached to the shoe sole in both the front and back parts of the shoe, but not in a part between the front and back parts of the shoe, such that a transversal air passageway is formed from the medial part to the lateral part of the shoe, arranged between the front and the back parts of the shoe, and arranged between the shoe sole and the lower part.

2. Shoe according to claim 1 wherein the peripheral band is horizontal.

3. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the resilient material of the peripheral band is a polymer, in particular an inextensible polymer, or in particular plastic or rubber, or the same material of the shoe sole, or the hardened material of the shoe sole material.

4. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the upper and lower parts are of leather, natural fabric, synthetic fabric, canvas, meshed nylon, or combinations thereof.

5. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the sole is of rubber, hardened leather, plastic, plastic composite, or combinations thereof.

6. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the attachment of the lower and upper parts to the peripheral band is glued, stitched, or glued and stitched, or vulcanized, or vulcanized and stitched.

7. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the attachment between the lower part and the shoe sole is glued, stitched, or glued and stitched, or vulcanized, or vulcanized and stitched.

8. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the shoe sole is comprised by an outsole and a middle sole, wherein said lower part is attached to the middle sole and the middle sole is attached to the outsole.

9. Shoe according to the previous claim wherein the attachment between the middle sole and the outsole is glued, stitched, or glued and stitched, or vulcanized, or vulcanized and stitched.

10. Shoe according to any of the previous claims wherein the attachment between lower and upper parts to the peripheral band has been finished by peripheral abrasion.

11. Method of manufacturing a shoe having a transversal air passageway comprising a shoe sole and an upper and a lower pliable parts for enclosing a foot of the user of the shoe, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: providing the shoe with a peripheral band formed in the shape of a closed line and formed in a resilient material, attaching the upper and lower parts by their outer edges to opposing faces of said peripheral band along its length, and attaching the lower part to the shoe sole in both the front and back parts of the shoe, but not in a part between the front and back parts of the shoe, such that a transversal air passageway is formed from the medial part to the lateral part of the shoe, between the front and the back parts of the shoe, and between the shoe sole and the lower part.

12. Method of manufacturing a shoe according to claim 11, comprising attaching a outsole and a middle sole, for obtaining said shoe sole.

13. Method of manufacturing a shoe according to any of the claims 11-12, comprising attaching said lower and upper parts to the peripheral band by gluing, or stitching, or gluing and stitching, or vulcanizing, or vulcanizing and stitching.

14. Method of manufacturing a shoe according to any of the claims 11-12, comprising finishing the attachment of said lower and upper parts to the peripheral band by peripheral abrasion.

15. Method of manufacturing a shoe according to any of the claims 11-12, comprising attaching the lower part and the shoe sole by gluing, or stitching, or gluing and stitching, or vulcanizing, or vulcanizing and stitching.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0045] The following figures provide preferred embodiments for illustrating the description and should not be seen as limiting the scope of invention.

[0046] FIG. 1: Schematic perspective representation of an embodiment of a shoe with a transversal air passageway where:

[0047] (1) represents the upper part,

[0048] (2) represents the peripheral band,

[0049] (3) represents the lower part band,

[0050] (4) represents the shoe sole, and

[0051] (5) represents the transversal air passageway.

[0052] FIG. 2: Schematic exploded view representation of an embodiment of a shoe with a transversal air passageway wherein the reference numbers have the same meaning as above.

[0053] FIG. 3: Schematic section view representation of an embodiment of the peripheral band 2.

[0054] FIG. 4: Schematic cross-section view representation of an embodiment of a shoe with a transversal air passageway wherein the reference numbers have the same meaning as above, with cross-sections A-A and B-B, depicting a cross-section of the shoe front part and a cross-section of the passageway part, respectively in FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0055] It is described a shoe having a transversal air passageway comprising a shoe sole (4) and an upper (1) and a lower (3) pliable parts for enclosing a foot of the user of the shoe,

[0056] wherein the shoe further comprises a peripheral band (2) formed in the shape of a closed line and formed in a resilient material,

[0057] wherein the upper (1) and lower (3) parts are attached by their outer edges to opposing faces of said peripheral band (2) along its length, and

[0058] wherein the lower (3) part is attached to the shoe sole (4) in both the front and back parts of the shoe, but not in a part between the front and back parts of the shoe, such that a transversal air passageway (5) is formed from the medial part to the lateral part of the shoe, arranged between the front and the back parts of the shoe, and arranged between the shoe sole (4) and the lower (3) part,

[0059] wherein the resilient material of the peripheral band (2) is rubber, in particular the same material of the shoe sole (4), or the hardened material of the shoe sole (4) material,

[0060] wherein the attachment of the lower (3) and upper (1) parts to the peripheral band (2) is glued and stitched.

[0061] It is also disclosed a method of manufacturing a shoe having a transversal air passageway comprising a shoe sole (4) and an upper (1) and a lower (3) pliable parts for enclosing a foot of the user of the shoe, wherein this method comprises the steps of:

[0062] providing the shoe with a peripheral band (2) formed in the shape of a closed line and formed in a resilient material,

[0063] attaching the upper (1) and lower (3) parts by their outer edges to opposing faces of said peripheral band (2) along its length, and

[0064] attaching the lower (3) part to the shoe sole (4) in both the front and back parts of the shoe, but not in a part between the front and back parts of the shoe, such that a transversal air passageway (5) is formed from the medial part to the lateral part of the shoe, between the front and the back parts of the shoe, and between the shoe sole (4) and the lower (3) part,

[0065] said method comprising attaching said lower (3) and upper (1) parts to the peripheral band (2) by gluing and stitching, and finishing the attachment of said lower (3) and upper (1) parts to the peripheral band (2) by peripheral abrasion.

[0066] The term “comprising” whenever used in this document is intended to indicate the presence of stated features, integers, steps, components, but not to preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, components or groups thereof.

[0067] It will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that unless otherwise indicated herein, the particular sequence of steps described is illustrative only and can be varied without departing from the disclosure. Thus, unless otherwise stated the steps described are so unordered meaning that, when possible, the steps can be performed in any convenient or desirable order.

[0068] The disclosure is of course not in any way restricted to the embodiments described and a person with ordinary skill in the art will foresee many possibilities to modifications thereof without departing from the basic idea of the disclosure as defined in the appended claims.

[0069] The above described embodiments are obviously combinable.

[0070] The following dependent claims set out particular embodiments of the disclosure.