Shoe

Details Shoe Shoe

1999-07-07

2001-03-13

Sewell, Paul T. (Department: 3728)

Boots, shoes, and leggings

Uppers

Closure

C036S138000, C036S102000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06199305

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a shoe produced by the vamp cut method, and more particularly, to a shoe having an enlarged slip-on region while ensuring the proper fitting and gripping on the foot.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Shoes of this type are known in practice which basically have a sole, a vamp cut shaft or upper, an apron and a closure element co-operating with the apron, To enlarge the slip-on region, in the region of the vamp cut there is provided a cut-out which is covered over by the apron. The parts of the vamp cut laterally bounding the cut-out are customarily held together by a strip of elastic.
The closure element is arranged in the manner of a bar or a bar seas transversely over the apron, and is rigidly fixed both to the apron and to the vamp cut shaft. The closure element has in particular the function of ensuring the necessary grip of the shoe on the foot.
To enlarge the slip-on region when pulling on the shoe, the apron is bent forwards, the upper edge of the bar-like closure element acting as a rotation axis. Although the length of the slip-on region is thereby increased by about 25%, it is relatively difficult to pull on such a shoe without a shoe-horn.
If the bar-like closure element were to be displaced further towards the toe of the shoe and thus make it possible to open up the apron further, it would indeed be easier to pull the shoe on, but the grip of the shoe on the foot would be correspondingly impaired.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The problem on which the invention is based is therefore that of improving the shoe according to the preamble of claim
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so that the slip-on region is enlarged, without impairing the fitting and the grip of the shoe on the foot.
This problem is solved according to the invention by means of the features recited in the pending claims. According to the invention, the closure element co-operating with the apron is variable in length and is fastened by one end to the apron and by the other end in the region of the sole.
Further developments of the invention are the subject of the subsidiary claims.
In a preferred exemplary embodiment, on both sides of the shoe a variable-length closure element of this type is provided which extends in each case from the outer apron obliquely rearwards and downwards and is fixed to the sole in an edge of the latter.
This construction offers not only a considerably enlarged slip-on region, but also an improved possibility of adapting the shoe to the individual foot shape of the wearer, so that pressure problems can be excluded. These shoes are therefore extremely comfortable from the first wearing, and need no longer be worn in.


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