Patent ID: 6647644
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A43B,B29D

Abstract:
A welted shoe comprising:an upper adapted to be lasted to form a surrounding wall with a profile, and a lower peripheral edge portion, said surrounding wall surrounding a centerline and extending downwardly to terminate at a lower periphery, said lower peripheral edge portion extending from said lower periphery towards, and in a plane normal to the centerline; an insole having a central portion, and a peripheral portion which surrounds said central portion, and which is superimposed on said lower peripheral edge portion when said insole is engaged with said upper; a welt member molded from a material more rigid than that of said upper, and including a surrounding seat which extends towards the centerline to terminate at an inner peripheral edge, and which is disposed to underlie said lower peripheral edge portion, said surrounding seat, said lower peripheral edge portion, and said peripheral portion of said insole together forming a sandwiched structure, and a surrounding prop wall which extends uprightly from said surrounding seat and distal from said inner peripheral edge, which is configured to abut against and wrap around said lower periphery so as to help keep the profile, and which terminates at a surrounding upper edge; a plurality of fastening members, each fastening said sandwiched structure along a line which is parallel to the centerline so as to form a sub-assembly; and an outsole molded with said sub-assembly to form an outsole body which underlies said surrounding seat and said central portion, which extends in longitudinal and transverse directions that are transverse to the centerline and outboard to said surrounding seat, and which terminates at a surrounding outer peripheral edge, and a surrounding seal wall which extends uprightly from said surrounding outer peripheral edge to surround said surrounding prop wall and beyond said surrounding upper edge and which sealingly abuts against said surrounding wall.