Patent ID: 7464427

Claim:
A method for producing shoes comprising the following steps: obtaining an assembly (T,T 1 ), formed by a shoe upper ( 2 ) and an elastic element ( 6 , 60 ), fastened to the shoe upper at least along sections facing lower edges of a shoe upper central-fore area; obtaining a sole ( 5 ), having a size which corresponds to a size of said shoe upper, and whose upper surface has fastening means ( 50 ), engaging at least a central-fore portion thereof, so that the upper surface defines at least one fore fastening area (Z) and at least one rear fastening area (Z 1 ); mutual fastening of the fore fastening area (Z) of the sole ( 5 ) to a corresponding fore portion of said assembly, and of the rear fastening area (Z 1 ) of the sole ( 5 ) to a corresponding rear portion of said assembly, to obtain a sole-assembly group (W,W 1 ); introducing a user's foot into the sole-assembly group (W,W 1 ), with a subsequent transversal stretching of said elastic element ( 60 ) and adaptation of said shoe upper ( 2 ) to the foot conformation; pre-fastening said elastic element to the fastening means ( 50 ), by pressing the user's foot onto said elastic element; removing the user's foot from the sole-assembly group (W,W 1 ); and, joining the sole-assembly group (W,W 1 ), to obtain a shoe.