Laceless athletic shoe

US5555650A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Mark A. Longbottom
• Simon J. Peel · Nacka, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 27, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 17, 1996
• Expiry date: May 27, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A43B13/141
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A laceless athletic shoe is disclosed. The shoe presents a thin, uniform upper surface, permitting truer kicks when contacted by a soccer or other ball. An integral elastic area in the upper expands to receive the wearer's foot, while carbon fibers embedded in and grooves formed across the outsole provide greater torsional stability and flexibility of the shoe during turns.