US 11,957,214 B2
Shoe, method for producing shoe, and method for producing shoe upper
Ayu Bessho, Kobe (JP); Satoru Abe, Kobe (JP); and Norihiko Taniguchi, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to ASICS CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed by ASICS CORPORATION, Kobe (JP)
Filed on Jun. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/912,900.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-144402 (JP), filed on Aug. 6, 2019; and application No. 2019-223779 (JP), filed on Dec. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0037913 A1, Feb. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 9/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01); B32B 37/02 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 7/02 (2019.01)
CPC A43B 9/02 (2013.01) [A43B 23/025 (2013.01); A43B 23/042 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01); B32B 37/02 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 38/0036 (2013.01); B32B 2038/008 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0261 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2274/00 (2013.01); B32B 2307/736 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shoe comprising:
an upper made of a fiber sheet that comprises:
a first layer made of knitted fabric or woven fabric, the knitted fabric or woven fabric comprising yarns having a heat shrinkability and inner gaps; and
a second layer layered on the first layer and made of nonwoven fabric, knitted fabric or woven fabric, and being integrated with the first layer by needle punching; wherein
the upper comprises a body portion located on an upper side and a bottom portion continuous with a lower peripheral end of the body portion,
the second layer does not comprise yarns having a heat shrinkability, and
the bottom portion consists of the second layer and does not include the first layer.