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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7634831 | Footwear products, methods for making footwear products, and structures used in making footwear products Methods for making footwear products include: (a) applying cement to a surface of an upper and/or midsole; (b) cooling the upper and/or midsole so that these parts will move relative to one another despite the cement's presence; and (c) placing the midsole in the up... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7287294 | Method of making an expandable shoe A method of making an expandable shoe is disclosed. An intermediate footwear structure is provided having an expandable upper portion. A stabilizing material is provided to the intermediate structure to resist expansion of the upper portion, and a last is inserted i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7010867 | Articulated welt footwear construction and related method of manufacture A footwear construction including an articulated welt. The footwear includes an upper and an outsole secured together with a welt in the forward portion of the footwear. The welt terminates short of the heel region of the footwear. In one embodiment, the outsole in ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6971191 | Method and apparatus for a shoe having improved construction The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a shoe having an outsole having a top surface and a lip, where the lip extends around a portion of a periphery of the outsole and is above the top surface. The lip also has an inner surface facing inwardl... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6823551 | Method for manufacturing a waterproof shoe structure and shoe structure produced by said method A method for manufacturing a shoe structure including an exterior upper sewn at a lower end of the exterior upper lower end to an insole and an interior upper including a waterproof, water-vapour permeable functional layer and a lining, the interior upper having in ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6516541 | Flexible shoe sole and methods of construction for a shoe utilizing the sole A shoe comprises a flexible outersole, an insole and an upper, the upper being formed from a flat Thermo Plastic Rubber blank, a toe cap first being fabricated in the blank by means of a teacup crease special-use sewing machine, the blank or preform subse... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6149852 | Method for obtaining a shoe, and shoe obtained with said method A method for manufacturing a shoe, which includes the steps of: arranging an upper-insole assembly about a last; coupling an intermediate member comprising a toe portion and a heel portion to a lower region of the upper-insole assembly arranged about the last; ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5922831 | Method of manufacturing an upper for a shoe A polyamide resin comprising the reaction product obtained by the reaction of an acid component comprised of a major concentration of a dimer acid and minor concentration of a monobasic acid and an amine component comprised of a major concentration of a s... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5807449 | Workpiece treating apparatus and method of treating same An apparatus and methods are provided for treating a workpiece such as a shoe component. The workpiece treating apparatus preferably includes a transporter for transporting a workpiece along a predetermined path of travel and a storage device for storing ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5781951 | Method for applying glue to a surface of pieces of footwear and device that carries out this method A method for applying glue to the upper surface of soles for footwear includes the steps of transferring a sole to a first station with the upper surface turned upward, picking up the outline of the sole, transferring the sole from the first station to a ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5743027 | Rubber footwear and method of making same A rubber footwear product and method of making such products is provided. The rubber footwear product includes a molded rubber midsole having an integrally formed raised rubber welt portion around its periphery. By molding in a compression mold, injection... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5253434 | Waterproof article of manufacture and method of manufacturing the same A waterproof article of manufacture and method of manufacturing the same including a waterproof, breathable shell and an aqueous based waterproof sealant disposed on the shell adjacent seams used to assemble the shell into an article. The article may be a... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4969224 | Shoe without insole In order to produce a shoe without insole, the lasting fold of a shoe upper (4) is glued directly on the underside of a last (1), specifically with the use of an adhesive which is selectably releasable at some later time. Next, an outside sole (5), which ... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4946535 | Polyester polyurethanes containing hydroxyl end groups and their use as adhesives This invention relates to new, substantially linear polyester polyurethanes containing hydroxyl end groups, based on selected starting materials, and their use as adhesives or for the production of adhesives.... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4918776 | Method of manufacturing shoes and insole part A method of making shoes of the type having a soft sole and an insole part used in the method. The insole part is produced by cementing a thin and soft insole sheet on a hard insole base so as to be easily peeled apart an separated. The method includes us... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4846919 | Attaching soles to shoes Method of bonding a sole to a shoe by applying moisture-curable melt adhesive to the shoe upper, subjecting the adhesive coating to a hot-cure step with airborne moisture, and pressing the sole and shoe upper together with the adhesive between them immedi... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4662017 | Method and apparatus for producing footwear In a method for producing footwear, wherein the shaft and the shell sole of the footwear are glued together, the leather upper part of the footwear is first cut to size without the formation of a lasting fold, it is prepared and then roughened along a low... | 05/05/1987 |
| 4597125 | Method of stiffening an insole during the cement lasting of footwear A shoe is provided having a soft, and compliant insole and a cushioned outsole. In manufacturing the shoe, the insole is temporarily stiffened by a relatively firm member to which it is bonded by means of a wax. This enables the insole to withstand the no... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4300256 | Clog-type shoes and method for their production Clog-type shoes are produced by combining foamed polymeric soles with conventional vamps by interposing selected adhesives and application of pressure and heat to the assembled clog-type shoe.... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4244121 | Waterproof boot with knee protection A waterproof hip length boot and method of manufacture wherein the fabric lined upper leg portion is attached as a sheet around its lower edge to the upper edge of the lower boot portion by an adhesive such as urethane or another synthetic polymeric mater... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4098632 | Adhesive process Process and apparatus for applying adhesive to a surface and for bonding and particularly for attaching a tread member to a shoe in which an adhesive applicator including a jet providing a gas stream having a rotational component is constructed to extrude... | 07/04/1978 |
