US 12,297,568 B2
Fabric integrating at least one binding part
Gilles Reguillon, Saint Maurice l'exil (FR); Sylvain Bossis, Chanas (FR); Matéo Castro, Lyons (FR); Grégoire Laverty, Lyons (FR); and Bertrand Barre, Lapeyrouse (FR)
Assigned to CHAMATEX, Ardoix (FR)
Appl. No. 16/605,281
Filed by CHAMATEX, Ardoix (FR)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2018, PCT No. PCT/FR2018/050932
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/189494, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 18, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 1753196 (FR), filed on Apr. 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137206 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. D03D 11/02 (2006.01); A43B 5/10 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01); A43B 23/04 (2006.01); A43C 1/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01)
CPC D03D 11/02 (2013.01) [A43B 23/042 (2013.01); A43C 1/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/263 (2021.05); A43B 5/10 (2013.01); A43B 23/0265 (2013.01); B32B 2437/02 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0113 (2013.01); D10B 2501/043 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear comprising:
an upper comprising a flexible fabric, the flexible fabric comprising:
an outer fabric layer;
an inner fabric layer superposed and secured to the outer fabric layer by attachment points to line the outer fabric layer;
at least one binding part defining at least one binding loop forming at least one eyelet for passage of a tie, the at least one binding part comprising several binding threads defining the at least one binding loop, each binding loop comprising two feet fixing the binding loop, the at least one binding part not being a woven fabric between the two feet;
wherein the flexible fabric defines an indent and the at least one binding part comprises a first set of binding parts and a second set of binding parts defining respectively a first series of eyelets and a second series of eyelets, the first set and the second set of binding parts being separated by the indent; and
wherein when the binding threads are warp threads, the two feet are separated by a plurality of weft threads of the outer fabric layer and the binding threads freely overlap several weft threads of the outer fabric layer so as to define the binding loop; and
wherein when the binding threads are weft threads, the two feet are separated by a plurality of warp threads of the outer fabric layer and the binding threads freely overlap several warp threads of the outer fabric layer so as to define the binding loop; and
a lace passing through said first and second series of eyelets and straddling the indent, the lace and the first and second series of eyelets closing an inner volume of the footwear upper.