Patent ID: 11969055
Assignee: LACROSSE FOOTWEAR, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A footwear assembly, comprising:
an upper having edge portions forming medial and lateral side flanges;
a sole assembly coupled to the upper and having an outsole, a midsole above the outsole, and an insole assembly above the midsole,
the midsole having a first top surface facing away from the outsole, having first lateral and medial sides, and having a first heel portion, a first forefoot portion, and a first arch portion between the first heel and forefoot portions,
the insole assembly being coupled to the first top surface of the midsole, the insole assembly having a first insole board positioned above at least the first heel portion of the midsole, and having a bifit insole board supported atop the midsole, the first insole board being between the midsole and the bifit insole board, the bifit insole board having a second heel portion, a second arch portion and a second forefoot portion positioned above the first heel, arch, and forefoot portions of the midsole, respectively, the second heel portion of the bifit insole board having a first stiffness, and the second forefoot portion having a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness, and having a stiffness transition portion between the second heel and forefoot portions that transitions between the first and second stiffnesses;

wherein the medial and lateral side flanges of the upper wrap around second medial and lateral sides of the second heel portion, respectively, and a rear portion of the second arch portion of the bifit insole board rearward of an attachment transition area, and the medial and lateral side flanges are secured under the second heel portion and the second arch portion rearward of the attachment transition area, with at least a portion of the medial and lateral side flanges securely retained between a bottom of the bifit insole board and a top of the first insole board; and
wherein the medial and lateral side flanges of the upper are positioned adjacent to third medial and lateral sides of the second forefoot portion of the bifit insole board and a forward portion of the second arch portion without wrapping under the bifit insole board, the medial and lateral side flanges of the upper being stitched to a top or an edge of the second forefoot portion and the forward portion of the second arch portion forward of the attachment transition area, and the medial and lateral side flanges of the upper are not stitched to the bifit insole board rearward of the attachment transition area, and the medial and lateral side flanges transition from a position under the bifit insole board rearward of the attachment transition area and to adjacent or above the bifit insole board forward of the attachment transition area.