Abstract: An article of footwear includes a tubular knit upper and an outsole. Further, a thermoplastic polyurethane skin layer is disposed between the tubular knit upper and the outsole. The outsole comprises a plurality of regions intended to support and stabilize a foot of a user when the user sits in various sedentary positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe, especially to a sports shoe, having a shoe upper. The shoe upper consists at least partially of a knitted fabric. The shoe upper has a plurality of loops for threading a lace to allow the tying of the shoe at the foot of a wearer by means of the lace. To provide an easy and efficient method for adjusting the lacing or tying of the shoe at the foot of the wearer individually, at least a part of the loops consist of a knitted fabric. The loops have the shape of a tubular body which forms a passage for the lace.

Abstract: A method for producing a shoe sole. To be able to produce the shoe sole in an economical fashion and with easily selectable spring and damping characteristics, the invention has the following steps: a) extruding a plastic hose and feeding the plastic hose into a blow mold; b) blow molding the plastic hose into a sole hollow body, wherein recesses are introduced on mutually opposing walls of the sole hollow body during the blow molding process, such that parts of the walls are brought into contact with one another and form a supporting structure between the mutually opposing walls; c) removing the blow-molded sole hollow body from the blow mold; d) at least partially filling the blow-molded sole hollow body with plastic bodies, wherein the plastic bodies are added through a first opening in the sole hollow body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a shoe (1), in particular a sports shoe. In order to be able to produce the shoe economically and in the process to achieve a particularly good wearing comfort, the invention provides the steps of: a) Producing a shoe upper (2), wherein the shoe upper (2) has an upper region (3) that covers the upper region of the wearer's foot and a lower region (4) that encloses the sole of the wearer's foot; b) Producing a sole part (5), wherein the sole part (5) has a bottom region (6) and a lateral wall region (7), wherein the bottom region (6) and the wall region (7) delimit an upwardly open receiving space (8) for bulk material (9); c) Filling the receiving space (8) with a bulk material (9), wherein the bulk material consists at least in part, preferably entirely, of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE); d) Fastening the shoe upper (2) to the sole part (5) such that the lower region (4) of the shoe upper (2) comes to rest on the bulk material (9).

Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe (1), especially to a sports shoe, comprising a shoe upper (2), wherein the shoe upper (2) consists at least partially of a knitted fabric, wherein the shoe upper (2) has a plurality of loops (3) for threading a lace (4) to allow the tying of the shoe (1) at the foot of a wearer by means of the lace (4). To provide an easy and efficient possibility to adjust the lacing or tying of the shoe at the foot of the wearer individually, the invention is characterized in that at least a part of the loops (3) consist of a knitted fabric, wherein the loops (3) have the shape of a tubular body which forms a passage (8) for the lace (4).

Abstract: A shoe includes a sole defining a first hollow space and a second hollow space, and a shoe upper that is connected to the sole. The first hollow space within the sole is filled with a first plurality of spherical plastic bodies that are visible through a first transparent region of the sole, and the second hollow space within the sole filled with a second plurality of spherical plastic bodies that are visible through a second transparent region of the sole.

Abstract: A method for producing a shoe sole. To be able to produce the shoe sole in an economical fashion and with easily selectable spring and damping characteristics, the invention has the following steps: a) extruding a plastic hose and feeding the plastic hose into a blow mold; b) blow molding the plastic hose into a sole hollow body, wherein recesses are introduced on mutually opposing walls of the sole hollow body during the blow molding process, such that parts of the walls are brought into contact with one another and form a supporting structure between the mutually opposing walls; c) removing the blow-molded sole hollow body from the blow mold; d) at least partially filling the blow-molded sole hollow body with plastic bodies, wherein the plastic bodies are added through a first opening in the sole hollow body.

Abstract: A shoe, in particular to a sports shoe, having a sole and a shoe upper connected to the sole. In order to improve the cushioning properties of the shoe in a simply producible manner, at least one hollow space is formed in the sole, wherein the hollow space is filled with a number plastic bodies, wherein the plastic bodies are arranged in the hollow space without any connection to one another and wherein the hollow space is closed by a closure element.

Abstract: A spectral filter is manufactured using a process wherein a first rectangular bar is formed within a first layer made of a first material, said first rectangular bar being made of a second material having a different optical index. The process further includes, in a second layer over the first layer, a second rectangular bar made of the second material. The second rectangular bar is positioned in contact with the first rectangular bar. The second layer is also made of the first material.

Abstract: An infrared high-pass plasmonic filter includes a copper layer interposed between two layers of a dielectric material. An array of patterned openings extend through the copper layer and are filled with the dielectric material. Each patterned opening is in the shape of a greek cross, with the arms of adjacent patterns being collinear. A ratio of the width to the length of each arm is in the range from 0.3 to 0.6, and the distance separating the opposite ends of arms of adjacent patterns is shorter than 10 nm.