US20130269217A1 - Shoe, in particular a sports shoe, and method for producing a shoe - Google Patents

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US20130269217A1
US20130269217A1 US13/996,622 US201113996622A US2013269217A1 US 20130269217 A1 US20130269217 A1 US 20130269217A1 US 201113996622 A US201113996622 A US 201113996622A US 2013269217 A1 US2013269217 A1 US 2013269217A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/02—Uppers; Boot legs
    • A43B23/0205—Uppers; Boot legs characterised by the material
    • A43B23/0235—Different layers of different material
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/02—Uppers; Boot legs
    • A43B23/0245—Uppers; Boot legs characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B23/0255—Uppers; Boot legs characterised by the constructive form assembled by gluing or thermo bonding

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  • the invention relates to a shoe, especially to a sport shoe, with a sole and a shoe upper which is connected with the sole.
  • Shoes of this usual kind need to be especially light for certain application cases. This applies particularly for a sport shoe. Correspondent applies as well mainly for a soccer shoe, on which high requirements are demanded on the solidity and rigidity to guarantee the functionality of the shoe, as well as to the weight, which should be regularly as low as possible.
  • connection of the cover layer is preferably produced by welding, especially by high-frequency or ultrasonic welding, of the material of the texture structure with the material of the cover layer.
  • the texture structure comprises preferably a plurality of hill-shaped or hump-shaped raisings, wherein the upper regions of the hill-shaped or hump-shaped raisings comprise or form the upper locations.
  • the hill-shaped or hump-shaped raisings can be arranged in two perpendicular directions and parallel to another. They can be formed by 7 to 15 texture yarns running parallel to another, wherein those are preferably interweaved or hooked into another.
  • the texture yarns consist preferably of polyethyleneterephthalate or of polyamide or of polyester.
  • the cover layer consists however preferably of a Thermoplastic elastomere (TPE), particularly of Thermoplastic elastomere on the basis of urethane (TPU).
  • TPE Thermoplastic elastomere
  • TPU urethane
  • a second cover layer is arranged, which is connected with the bottom location of the texture structure.
  • the welding process is preferably a high-frequency welding process or an ultrasonic sound welding process.
  • the suggested sole comprises:
  • the material-bonded connection between the base body and the outer sole elements is preferably established by vulcanization.
  • the outer sole elements consist preferably of rubber material.
  • the base body can comprise recesses for the outer sole elements, wherein the recesses correspond to the form of the outer sole elements.
  • the reinforcing fibers are preferably carbon fibers. They can be embedded into an epoxy resin matrix.
  • the reinforcing fibers can be thereby at least partly interwoven with each other.
  • the shoe is preferably free of a midsole. However, it is preferably provided, that above the base body an inner sole is arranged, wherein this inner sole is especially preferred to be glued in.
  • the suggested conception intercepts thus at the manufacturing of the leg material for the shoe upper on a three dimensional formed texture structure, preferably with a plurality of humps.
  • a plane length (foil) will be laid on, preferably of TPU.
  • a heat-producing element e.g. high frequency electrode or ultrasonic sound electrode
  • the foil will be welded with the hump tops. Accordingly, the foil will be connected punctually with the texture structure.
  • This composite will be used as an upper material for sport shoes, particularly for soccer shoes.
  • the advantage is a very good ventilation of the shoe, because the three-dimensional formed texture structure is very good air guiding, because it creates a canal structure for this purpose.
  • the material doesn't absorb any water. It is very light, therefore also the shoe is “super light”, which shoe is manufactured from this upper material. Reinforcing materials in the upper material are redundant.
  • the sole structure can also be applied for soccer shoes in a special advantageous way, because the sole base plate has a high rigidity—particularly formed as carbon fiber plate.
  • the preformed rubber elements, which function as outer sole, have a strong connection with the base plate because they are vulcanized.
  • the preformed rubber elements are inserted into a vulcanization form at the manufacturing of the sole, as well as the base plate. After that the connecting process occurs by vulcanization.
  • the base plate is preferably a plate, which comprises interweaved carbon fibers, which carbon fibers are integrated into a resin matrix (e.g. into an epoxy resin).
  • the manufactured sole which is manufactured in such a way, can be used without a midsole. It comes to a beneficial distribution of pressure due to the high rigidity of the base plate.
  • the construction is very light. This enables again a “super light” shoe.
  • This adjustment of the raisings does not only apply for the height but also for the position of the raisings.
  • the raisings are arranged side by side in such a way, that a certain path occurs between them, which path can be used for example as a channel for a function element, e.g. for a lacing and for a ribbon respectively.
  • FIG. 1 a shoe in the lateral view
  • FIG. 2 a perspective view of a texture structure, which is a component of the material of the shoe upper
  • FIG. 3 the depiction of the composition of the texture structure according to FIG. 2 .
  • FIG. 4 a sectional view through the material of the shoe upper according to the section A-B according to FIG. 2 ,
  • FIG. 5 a schematic exploded view of the sole of the suggested shoe, which shows the components of the sole
  • FIG. 6 schematically the enhancement “Z” according to FIG. 5 , which shows the composition of a base plate of the sole of the shoe,
  • FIG. 7 the top view of the bottom side of a sole according to an alternative embodiment of the invention, wherein the sole is performed here with an number of cleat elements as outer sole elements,
  • FIG. 8 the section C-D according to FIG. 7 and
  • FIG. 9 the section E-F according to FIG. 7 .
  • FIG. 1 a shoe is shown, which comprises in a known way a sole 2 , on which sole a shoe upper 3 is arranged.
  • a sole 2 on which sole a shoe upper 3 is arranged.
  • the sole 2 with the shoe upper 3 there are multiple pre-known possibilities, on which possibilities it is not necessary to respond to here.
  • the material of the shoe upper 3 i.e. the leg material, is built in a special way. This results from FIG. 2 to FIG. 4 .
  • the base structure of the upper material is a texture structure 4 , as it is shown in FIG. 2 .
  • a texture structure 4 is visible, that is to say a section, which comprises one single hill-shaped or hump-shaped raising 10 .
  • the depicted texture structure 4 is composed by texture yarns 5 , which texture yarns are interweaved and hooked respectively into each other.
  • texture yarns 5 which texture yarns are interweaved and hooked respectively into each other.
  • FIG. 3 a preferred linkage of the texture yarns 5 is shown. You can say, that the texture yarns 5 extend substantially in two directions, which directions x and y are perpendicular to another. In doing so the texture yarns 5 however don't compose a flat structure but a three-dimensional form, as it is to see in FIG. 2 .
  • the texture yarns 5 are hooked into each other by a weaving process in such a way, that a grid-formed surface occur.
  • the grid dimension b (s. FIG. 2 ) lies typically in the area of 0.5 to 2 mm.
  • the raisings 10 which are shown in FIG. 2 are arranged parallel to each other in a plurality, i.e. parallel to each other into the direction x and into the direction y.
  • the size of the structure for the described example case is specified through a grate dimension a, wherein a lies typically in the area. between 5 to 20 mm, preferably at 8 to 12 mm.
  • a texture yarn is preferably applied, whose diameter lies in the area between 0.03 to 0.1 mm.
  • the cover layer 8 contacts the texture structure 4 only punctual, i.e. the cover layer 8 butts only against the upper location 6 of the texture structure 4 .
  • FIG. 4 It is schematically shown in FIG. 4 , that henceforth an entry of welding energy 17 occurs after the placement of the cover layer 8 , e.g. by an ultrasonic sound welding device or by a high-frequency welding device, so that it comes to a fusing of the material of the texture structure 4 and the material of the cover layer 8 .
  • This is indicated in FIG. 4 by the connection 9 in form of a welding spot.
  • a second cover layer 11 can be applied—as it is to see in FIG. 4 —, which second cover layer can be fixed by welding spots in the same way.
  • the sole 2 consists of a base body 12 , whose composition results schematically out of FIG. 6 . Accordingly, reinforcement fibers 13 , particularly carbon fibers, are interweaved with another, integrated into a plastic matrix or resin matrix 14 , which consist preferably of epoxy resin. Thus, a very strong and elastic structure for the base body 12 results.
  • recesses 16 will be brought into the base body 12 , from which base body the bottom side is visible in FIG. 5 .
  • the form of the recesses 16 corresponds to the form of outer sole elements 15 of rubber material, which form the outer sole of the shoe 1 in their entirety.
  • the outer sole elements 15 will be inserted into the recesses 16 after the manufacturing of the base body 12 ; the depth of the recesses 16 is therefore smaller than the height of the outer sole elements 15 , so that the outer sole elements 15 protrude towards down after the insertion into the recesses 16 and can therefore realize their function as outer sole.
  • a firm connection between the base body 12 and the outer sole elements 15 will be reached by a vulcanization process, which process will be accomplished in an accordant vulcanization form after the placement of the outer sole elements 15 in the base body 12 .
  • FIGS. 7 to 9 an alternative embodiment of a sole 2 according to the invention can be seen.
  • the sole consists of a base body 12 , on which base body outer sole elements 15 are fixed.
  • the outer sole elements 15 are formed here however as cleats 15 ′, which cleats are fixed on the base body 12 .
  • the sectional view according to FIG. 8 shows, that—as already demonstrated before—the material of the outer sole element in form of the cleat 15 ′ is directly injected respectively vulcanized on the base body 12 of the sole. As can be seen in FIG.
  • the base body 12 has been deformed a little bit out of the flat form in the area of the reception of the cleat 15 ′ in accordant to the negative form, so that the form of the base body 12 occurs, as it is demonstrated in FIG. 8 .
  • the material of the cleat 15 ′ is injected and vulcanized respectively on the formed raising. There is no mechanical connection. existing between base body 12 and cleat 15 ′. Particularly, the base body 12 exhibits no recess in the area of the reception of the cleat 15 ′. Accordingly, a continuous layer of the fiber-reinforced material of the base body 12 exists.
  • the base body 12 is formed here not as one single continuous plate, but consists of two parts 12 ′ and 12 ′′. Both parts 12 ′, 12 ′′ can be inserted in a positioned manner into a tool during the production; then, rubber material will be put across in such a way, that the parts 12 ′, 12 ′′ of the base body will be connected by the rubber material.
  • a rubber ridge 20 is visible, by which the parts 12 ′ and 12 ′′ are connected with each other elastically. In doing so a flexible, hinge-like connection can be established between the parts 12 ′, 12 ′′, which connection serves as flex zone and a flex groove respectively between the parts 12 ′, 12 ′′.
  • the rubber material serves as a functional element in the area of the rubber ridge 20 , which intercepts the structure of the base body 12 and which makes the fiber-reinforced plates flexible to each other in a defined way.
  • the rubber material contacts the parts 12 ′, 12 ′′ at one side as a rubber layer.
  • the rubber material can be conducted as circumferential edge 19 (circumferential rubber lip).
  • An alternative method of production intercepts on that, that the material of the base body 12 will be inserted into a tool in a condition of not finally solidified state, to inject the material of the outer sole element, but rather that the material of the base body 12 (particularly the carbon fiber material) will be brought into the tool, just as the pre-fabricated outer sole elements and cleats 15 , 15 ′ respectively.
  • the material of the base body 12 will be brought in its final usable condition, at the same time the rubber material will be connected with the material of the base body 12 .

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