US 12,433,367 B2
Fabric for shoe upper, shoe upper, and shoe
Kenjiro Kita, Osaka (JP); Takao Oda, Osaka (JP); Mina Hayashiguchi, Osaka (JP); Takehiro Taguchi, Osaka (JP); and Issei Tanaka, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Mizuno Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed by MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/598,745.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-058820 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0324717 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. A43B 9/08 (2006.01); A43B 3/00 (2022.01)
CPC A43B 9/08 (2013.01) [A43B 3/0036 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fabric configured to be used for a tongue-integrated upper of a shoe,
wherein the fabric comprises a tubular fabric element, and the tubular fabric element comprises a first sock part and a second sock part,
the first sock part comprises a first foot and a first leg, the second sock part comprises a second foot and a second leg, and the first foot, the first leg, the second leg, and the second foot are continuously formed in this order,
a central axis of the first leg and a central axis of the second leg do not coincide with each other and are not parallel to each other,
when a shoe upper is formed from the fabric, the first sock part is moved to be within the wall defining the second sock part, the first sock part forms a first layer disposed on a foot side of an upper, and the second sock part forms a second layer disposed to cover the first layer, and
when the fabric is laid flat such that a heel of the first sock part and a heel of the second sock part are respectively disposed at opposite lateral side ends on an upper side, a length of an upper end of the first leg is longer than a length of an upper end of the second leg.