US 11,807,962 B2
Knitted upper for a shoe with a molded sole and a shoe
Niki Tæstensen, Hamburg (DE); and Savino Paulo Bove, Biel (CH)
Assigned to ECCO Sko A/S, Bredebro (DK)
Filed by ECCO SKO A/S, Bredebro (DK)
Filed on Mar. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/193,789.
Application 17/193,789 is a continuation of application No. 15/773,656, granted, now 10,954,613, previously published as PCT/EP2016/076638, filed on Nov. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 15193017 (EP), filed on Nov. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0189614 A1, Jun. 24, 2021
Int. Cl. D04B 1/10 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); B29D 35/06 (2010.01)
CPC D04B 1/106 (2013.01) [A43B 23/0215 (2013.01); A43B 23/0245 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); B29D 35/061 (2013.01); B29D 35/068 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upper for a shoe, wherein the shoe includes the upper and a sole connected to a lower edge of the upper via injection molding, the upper comprising:
a knitted area having a stitch density,
wherein a portion of the knitted area is located at the lower edge of the upper, the portion of the knitted area including at least one thread and a meltable material having a melting temperature, the meltable material being integrated in the at least one thread,
wherein the meltable material is melted prior to or during the connection of the sole to the upper, and
wherein the meltable material limits a flow of molding material through a melted area of the upper.