Patent ID: 6973692

Claim:
A method for construction of footwear comprising: providing an outsole having a generally horizontal top surface, a backpart, and a forepart having a standing lip around the periphery of the forepart; placing the lip above the generally horizontal top surface; facing an outer surface of the lip away from the generally horizontal top surface; facing an inner surface of the lip toward the generally horizontal top surface; providing an upper with a toe part and a heel part; stitching the toe to the outer surface of the lip; securing the heel part to a tuckboard; securing the tuckboard to the backpart of the outsole; and stitching the periphery of the forepart, from a first end of the lip to a second end of the lip, and stitching from a first marker at a side of a front portion of the upper to a second marker at the opposite side of the front portion of the upper.