CPC A43B 23/0205 (2013.01) [A43B 5/02 (2013.01); A43B 5/025 (2013.01); A43B 23/026 (2013.01); A43B 23/0225 (2013.01); A43B 23/0235 (2013.01); A43B 23/0255 (2013.01); B29C 39/146 (2013.01); B29C 39/18 (2013.01); B29D 35/126 (2013.01); B32B 5/028 (2013.01); B32B 7/023 (2019.01); B32B 7/027 (2019.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24347 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24942 (2015.01); Y10T 442/10 (2015.04)] | 19 Claims |
1. A material for a shoe upper, the material comprising:
a first polyurethane layer;
a second polyurethane layer; and
a textile reinforcing layer between the first polyurethane layer and the second polyurethane layer, wherein the textile reinforcing layer comprises a plurality of apertures arranged in a first zone and a second zone of the textile reinforcing layer,
wherein, in the first zone, the first polyurethane layer and the second polyurethane layer are bonded together through the plurality of apertures of the textile reinforcing layer,
wherein, in the second zone, the first polyurethane layer and the second polyurethane layer are unconnected,
wherein the first polyurethane layer contacts the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone and the second zone, and
wherein the second polyurethane layer contacts the textile reinforcing layer in the first zone and the second zone.
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