Patent ID: 9655407
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A43B,B32B

Claim:
1. A shoe upper comprising at least a portion formed of a multilayered material comprising: (a) a collection of an odd number of nonwoven fiber layers, wherein the collection comprises a base layer and at least one set of paired layers, each nonwoven fiber layer comprising a plurality of unidirectionally oriented fibers, wherein the fibers in a first layer of the at least one set of paired layers form an angle in the range of −25° to 65° with respect to the fibers in the base layer, and the fibers in a second layer of the at least one set of paired layers form an angle in the range of +25° to +65° with respect to the fibers in the base layer; and (b) a matrix material; wherein the multilayered material comprises elastic properties that allow the multilayered material to deform into a smooth three dimensional shape when the multilayered material is stretched over a three dimensional mold, wherein the multilayered material is not cut or sewn to eliminate wrinkles in the smooth three dimensional shape.