Shoe, especially a moccasin

Details Shoe, especially a moccasin Shoe, especially a moccasin

1994-03-24

1996-11-19

Kavanaugh, Ted

Boots, shoes, and leggings

Boots and shoes

Moccasins

12142MC, A43B 314

Patent

active

055750877

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention concerns a shoe, especially a moccasin. The shoe has a shaft that completely encloses the front of the wearer's foot. The shaft is attached to a sole component. The invention concerns in particular a moccasin with a shaft that comprises an upper section sewn to a lower section. Moccasins of this type are already known. They are described for example in German OS 3 934 080.
The shoe described in that publication is a moccasin. It has a shaft with an upper section and a lower section. The lower section of the shaft provides a surface for the forward part of the wearer's foot to rest on and is sewn to the upper section. The bottom of the lower shaft section is cemented to the sole component. The lower shaft section is an insert that fits the shape of the front of the wearer's foot and is sewn to the upper section along a seam that follows the outer edge of the sole component. The outer edge of the upper shaft section extends all the way to the sole component and surrounds the insert that constitutes the lower shaft section and is cemented to the sole component.
Moccasins of the type described in the aforesaid publication have been demonstrated practical, although it is apparent that they could be produced with less material, especially with less upper leather.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One object of the present application is accordingly a shoe that can be made of less upper leather in particular as well as being particularly easy to manufacture.
This object is attained in accordance with the invention in a shoe where at least some sections of a strip are inserted between the upper section and the lower section of the shaft and in that the edges of the strip are overlapped by the adjacent edges of the upper and lower sections of the shaft and attached to them along at least one hand-laced or machine-sewn seam.
The upper section of the shaft in the shoe in accordance with the present invention consequently does not extend, like that in the shoe described in the aforesaid publication, all the way to the sole component. It is sewn to the inserted strip along an overlapping hand-laced seam, and the other edge of the strip is fastened to the lower section of the shaft by another overlapping hand-laced or machine-sewn seam.
A version of the shoe with the inserted strip fastened to the upper and lower section of the shaft along at least one hand-laced or machine-sewn seam with one edge behind the adjacent edge of the upper section of the shaft and the other edge in front of the corresponding edge of the lower section has been demonstrated practical.
When on the other hand the attachment of the inserted strip to the upper section of the shaft is intended to be emphasized, the inserted strip can be fastened to the upper and lower section of the shaft along at least one hand-laced or machine-sewn seam with one edge in front of the adjacent edge of the upper section of the shaft and the other edge behind the corresponding edge of the lower section.
Depending on the intended style, the inserted strip attached to the upper and lower sections of the shaft along at least one hand-laced seam can be present only at certain locations, and the two sections of the shaft can be attached together directly at other locations, preferably again along at least one hand-laced or machine-sewn seam.
The inserted strip in one sensible advanced version of the invention is continuous, at least in the vicinity of the front of the wearer's foot, and is fastened to the upper and lower sections of the shaft along at least one hand-laced or machine-sewn seam. The inserted strip can also or alternatively extend all the way around the heel.
The inserted strip attached to the upper and lower sections of the shaft along at least one hand-laced or machine-sewn seam in another important embodiment of the invention can be a straight blank longer than it is wide. It will be obvious that an inserted strip of this type will save a great deal of material and accordingly money.
The inserted strip attached

REFERENCES:
patent: 1656565 (1928-01-01), Lyon
patent: 3407352 (1946-09-01), Stritter
patent: 4034431 (1977-07-01), Fukuoka
patent: 4161827 (1979-07-01), Roberts et al.

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