Patent · US Expired

Method of manufacture of a shoe

US4003146A · kind A · utility

25Cited by
3References
9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1975
Grant dateJan 18, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA43D3/021
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention facilitates manufacture of a shoe in which the foot has a correct vertical position, and has a better attitude then in known shoes, by anatomically correct development of the tread over the big toe and prevention of tilting over the outer edge. An inner bottom which is intended to be fitted on a last and connected with a shank and outsole, is provided with (i) an under surface which is approximately flat between the tips and the balls of the toes in the region of the front of the foot and also in the region of the heel, (ii) an upper surface which is practically flat in the region of the toes, and has depressions in the regions of the ball of the big toe and of the small toe, of which the first reaches downwards at least into the plane of the toe region, while the other is less pronounced.

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