CA2112272A1

CA2112272A1 - Rear shoe structure

Info

Publication number: CA2112272A1
Application number: CA002112272A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Hsin-Chih Yang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: YANG HSIN CHIH
Priority date: 1993-12-23
Filing date: 1993-12-23
Publication date: 1995-06-24

Abstract

A rear shoe structure includes an outside counter section and two integral quarter sections respectively extending laterally from each of two ends of the outside counter section. The outside counter section has a substantially concave-convex configuration and has a relatively thicker section in the convex side thereof. Each quarter section has a protuberance projects outwardly from an inner side thereof.

Description

21122~2 ~ - ! -1 Re~r Shoe Strl~ctllre 2 R~ckgrol~n~ of the Tnvent;on 3 1. Field of the Invention 4 The present invention relates to a rear shoe structure and, more particularly, a rear shoe structure for skaters or 6 hockey players.
7 2. Description of Related Art 8 - ~ typical skate generally includes a shoe sole with a 9 heel, a vamp, a tongue, a pair of eyelet tabs, two quarters, and an outside counter, an ice blade or rollers being 11 attached to an underside of the shoe sole. Manufacturing of 12 the shoes is quite expensive and time-consuming as a 13 plurality of sewing procedures are required to sew the above-14 mentioned parts together, and the seams thereof tend to be broken and thus cause disengagement therebetween which 16 shortens the life of the shoes. The present invention intends 17 to provide an improved design to mitigate and/or obviate the 18 aforementioned shortcomings.
19 ~llmm~ry of the Tnvent;on The present invention provides an integral rear shoe 21 structure which includes an outside counter section and two 22 quarter sections respectively extending laterally from each 23 of two ends of the outside counter section. The outside 24 counter section has a substantially concave-convex configuration and has a relatively thicker section in the 26 convex side thereof, thereby formalizing a heel of the shoe.
27 Each quarter section has a protuberance projecting outwardly 28 from an inner side thereof to suit the shapes of wearers' 1 feet.
2 Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the 3 invention will become more apparent from the following 4 detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
6 Rr; ef nescript;on o~ the nr~w;ngs 7 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a rear shoe structure 8 in accordance with the present invention; and 9 Fig. 2 is a perspective cross-sectional view of the shoe structure in Fig. 1.
11 nescr;pt;on of the Preferre~ ~mho~;ment 12 Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, a rear shoe structure in 13 accordance with the present invention is integrally formed 14 and generally includes an outside counter section 10 and two quarter sections 20 extending laterally from the outside 16 counter section 10. The outside counter section 10 has a 17 substantially concave-convex configuration and has a 18 relatively thicker section in the convex side 11 thereof, 19 thereby formalizing a heel of the shoe. Furthermore, a protuberance 21 projects outwardly from an inner side of each 21 quarter section 20 to suit the shapes of wearers' feet.
22 Preferably, a pattern 12, such as embroidery, may be ~formed 23 on each of the ends of the outside counter section 10 to for 24 ornamental purpose.
Accordingly, the present invention provides an 26 integral design which improves the strength of the structure 27 and saves the time-consuming and costly sewing procedures 28 required in prior art, reducing the waste in labor and thus _ - 3 -1 being competitive.
2 Although the invention has been explained in relation 3 to its preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that many 4 other possible modifications and variations can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention 6 as hereinafter claimed.

Claims

The embodiment of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
A rear shoe structure comprising an outside counter section with two ends and two integral quarter sections respectively extending laterally from each of the ends of the outside counter section, the outside counter section having a substantially concave-convex configuration and having a relatively thicker section in the convex side thereof, and each of the quarter sections having a protuberance projecting outwardly from an inner side thereof.