Shoe, in particular a sports shoe

Abstract

A shoe, comprising a sole and a shoe upper, wherein the sole comprises a sole part which has a base region from which at least one support part extends upwards during the intended use of the shoe, wherein the shoe upper comprises a sock-like section connected to the sole for receiving the foot of the wearer. To obtain improved contact of the shoe with the foot of the wearer, the at least one support part covers the sock-like section on the shoe outer side, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part and the sock-like section over at least a section of the support part and that both the at least one support part and the sock-like section are surrounded by a tensioning element which tensions at least some sections of both the support part and the sock-like section against the foot of the wearer of the shoe.

Claims

1. A shoe, comprising a sole and a shoe upper, wherein the sole comprises an outer sole and a sole part which has a base region from which a support part extends upwards, wherein the shoe upper comprises a sock section connected to the sole for receiving a foot of a wearer, wherein the support part covers the sock section on an outer side of the shoe, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part and the sock section over at least a section of the support part and wherein both the support part and the sock section are surrounded by a tensioning element adapted to tension at least some sections of both the support part and the sock section against the foot of the wearer of the shoe, wherein the tensioning element is designed as a net structure which comprises a plurality of apertures, wherein a lace is threaded only into some apertures of the plurality of apertures of the tensioning element to tension the tensioning element at the foot of the wearer of the shoe, wherein the support part is arranged in a rear side region and/or in a heel region of the shoe, wherein the support part extends along a height of at least 40% of a total height of the shoe, wherein the tensioning element runs circumferentially around a bottom side of the shoe so that the tensioning element envelops a bottom region of the sock section and the base region of the sole part, wherein the tensioning element is fixed between the sole part of the sole and the outer sole which forms a bottom end of the shoe so that the tensioning element extends over a portion of a bottom of the sole part from a lateral side of the shoe to a medial side of the shoe.

2. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the tensioning element is connected with the sole in a bottom region of the shoe.

3. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein an insole is arranged in an interior of the sock section.

4. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein a single support part is arranged in the heel region of the shoe, which comprises an insection in a central region.

5. The shoe according to claim 1, further including a support part arranged in a front or central region of the shoe.

6. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the tensioning element, apart from a location in the heel region, is connected with the sole only in a bottom region of the sole and runs, apart from the connection with the sole in the bottom region, without connection around a region of the shoe upper.

7. The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the tensioning element comprises a circumferential reinforcement rim in a region of foot entry, wherein the circumferential reinforcement rim is formed by a flat plastic band.

Description

(1) In the drawing embodiments of the invention are shown.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

(2) FIG. 1 shows an explosion view of a shoe according to the invention which is designed as sports shoe,

(3) FIG. 2 shows the side view of a sock-like section which is a part of the shoe and especially of the shoe upper,

(4) FIG. 3 shows the side view of the sock-like section which is now inserted into a sole part,

(5) FIG. 4 shows the side view the sole part according to FIG. 3 including sock-like section and a tensioning element which is designed as net-like structure,

(6) FIG. 5 shows the side view of the complete shoe,

(7) FIG. 6 shows the top plan view onto the complete shoe and

(8) FIG. 7 shows the view of the shoe from the rear side according to a similar embodiment of the invention, wherein the sole part which supports the heel as well as other components of the shoe are depicted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

(9) In FIG. 1 an embodiment of the shoe according to the invention is shown in an explosion view. The shoe 1 comprises a sole 2 and a shoe upper 3 which is connected with the sole 2. The sole consist here of a sole part 4 below which an outer sole 10 is arranged. The sole part 4 in turn has a base region 5 which corresponds to the shape of the foot contact area and has support parts 6 and 6 which extend vertically upwards.

(10) The shoe upper 3 consists substantially of a sock-like section 7 which is provided for the reception of the foot of the wearer of the shoe and a tensioning element 8 in the form of a net-like structure.

(11) The tensioning element 8 is provided due to its design as a net with a plurality of apertures 9 through which a lace 11 can be threaded to lace the shoe 1 at the foot of the wearer.

(12) The tensioning element 8 is thereby provided to envelop the sock-like section 7 not only at its outer side but also to envelop the support parts 6, 6 at its outer side and to pull them against the foot at the lacing of the shoe at the foot of the wearer.

(13) Thereby it is essential that the support parts 6, 6 cover the sock-like section 7 at the outer side of the shoe. Thereby, no firm connection is given between the support part 6, 6 and the sock-like section 7. Furthermore, the support parts 6, 6 as well as the sock-like section 7 is surrounded by the tensioning element 8 which tensions the support parts 6, 6 as well as the sock-like section 7 at the foot of the wearer of the shoe.

(14) The design of the shoe can be seen again from the further figures:

(15) In FIG. 2 the sock-like section 7 can be seen below which the sole part 4 is arranged according to FIG. 3. In FIG. 3 it can be seen again quite well how the support parts 6 and 6 extend upwards from the base region 5 of the sole part 4, wherein hereby it has to be understood that those parts extend substantially vertical upwards when the shoe stands on the ground.

(16) In FIG. 4 can be seen how the arrangement according to FIG. 3 is now surrounded by the tensioning element 8 from the outer side and can be tensioned when the shoe is laced at the foot of the wearer. In this figure it can also be seen that the tensioning element can be provided with a reinforcement rim 13 in the region of the entry of the foot into the shoe.

(17) This reinforcement rim 13 can be designed as foil-like thin plastic element which also makes sure that the net-like structure of the tensioning element 8 is edged in this region and cannot easily frazzle.

(18) The finished shoe is shown in FIG. 5 (in the side view) and FIG. 6 (in the top plan view). Here it can again be seen that the height h of the support part 6 in the rear side region of the shoe has a value which corresponds to at least 50% of the total height H of the shoe 1, preferably even significantly more.

(19) In FIG. 7 the shoe can be seen from the rear sidehowever not with all partsnamely in a bit different embodiment at which a support part 6 is provided in the heel region whichas described aboveis formed at the sole part 4.

(20) The support part 6 surrounds shell-like the heel of the foot of the wearer, but has however an insection 12 which is arranged in the center plane. Also here the height h of the support part 6 is denoted, wherein with respect to this the same applies as described above with respect to the support part 6.

(21) Thereby, a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that the support part 6 is arranged along the longitudinal axis of the shoe nearly in the midst of the shoe, while a support part 6 having an insection 12 is arranged in the heel region of the shoe.

LIST OF REFERENCES

(22) 1 Shoe 2 Sole 3 Shoe upper 4 Sole part 5 Base region 6 Support part 6 Support part 6 Support part 7 Sock-like section 8 Tensioning element (net-like structure) 9 Aperture 10 Outer sole 11 Lace 12 Insection 13 Reinforcement rim H Total height of the shoe h Height of the support part h Height of the support part