US 11,712,087 B2
Multiple layer upper for a shoe
Benjamin Alexander Thompsett, Nuremberg (DE); Raphael Curet, Nuremberg (DE); Ananda Aditya, Jakarta (ID); Quentin Ferrari, Erlangen (DE); and No Kwang Park, Tangerang (ID)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/119,748.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 219 742.6 (DE), filed on Dec. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177097 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 3/00 (2022.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); A43B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 23/0235 (2013.01) [A43B 3/0047 (2013.01); A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); B29D 35/0054 (2013.01); B29D 35/146 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upper for a shoe, the upper comprising:
an inner layer;
an outer layer overlapping the inner layer at least partially;
wherein the outer layer comprises a plurality of cuts;
wherein the inner layer comprises a plurality of protrusions and a continuous layer connecting the plurality of protrusions, and the plurality of protrusions is located on an opposite side of the continuous layer from the outer layer;
wherein each cut overlaps at least partially at least one protrusion such that each protrusion has at least one corresponding overlapping cut among the plurality of cuts;
wherein each protrusion among the plurality of protrusions is configured to cause an extension in width of its at least one corresponding overlapping cut when the shoe is worn.