Patent ID: 6739077
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
Sports footwear comprising a reinforcement structure made of rigid materials and firmly joined to a shoe made of soft, flexible materials that comprises a first sub-assembly including:an upper open on top, except at a toe portion thereof, along an edge lying below an ankle of a user, a leg-portion open frontally and extending upwards to such an extent that its top edge lies above the ankle of the user, and downwards into the upper, an insole joined to a lower edge of at least one of the upper a lower edge of the leg-portion, and a second sub-assembly including: an inner lining, whose lower edge is also joined to the insole, and whose upper edge is joined to the top edge of the leg-portion, at least a padding layer provided between the leg-portion and the inner lining, an outer lining extending from the top edge of the leg-portion so as to at least partially cover the padding layer wherein the upper, to the purpose of enabling the leg-portion to slide jointly with the second sub-assembly when the ankle is bending, is separated from said second sub-assembly, except for a zone of the insole, and furthermore, in said first sub-assembly, seams being provided along which the leg-portion is joined to the upper differ from a zone of an open front edge of the leg-portion that lies within the upper itself.