US 11,839,263 B2
Adjustable footwear for playing football
Volker Peter Steidle, Jakarta (ID); Andrew Neophitou, Melbourne (AU); Michael Petersen, Melbourne (AU); and Andrew Theoklitos, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to Concave Global Pty. Ltd.
Appl. No. 17/059,453
Filed by Concave Global Pty. Ltd., Richmond (AU)
PCT Filed May 31, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/050568
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 29, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/227178, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018901947 (AU), filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0212408 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A43B 5/02 (2006.01); A43B 3/26 (2006.01); A43B 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 3/26 (2013.01) [A43B 5/025 (2013.01); A43B 23/027 (2013.01); A43B 23/0275 (2013.01); A43B 23/0285 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A football shoe or football boot including:
a sole; and
an upper, the upper including a ball control region including a central region and one or more protuberances at each side of the central region, the one or more protuberances on each side defining a single crest along each side of the central region, the crests arranged substantially parallel or arranged to converge inwardly towards a forward direction of the football shoe or boot in at least the unoccupied configuration of the shoe or boot, said crests arranged substantially symmetrically about the central region, the central region between the crests being of convex shape, such that in at least the occupied configuration of the shoe or boot, at least an apex of the central region is raised above the crests, wherein the upper includes a throat region provided by flexible material of the upper, said throat region being that part of the upper that is generally rearward of a toebox and rearward of a throat line and forward of a wearer's ankle, and wherein the crests at each side of the central region lie within the throat region, and wherein the central region and the crests of the ball control region are contactable with a ball when the shoe or boot is worn by the wearer.