Abstract: Method for making a sole for an article of footwear including an outer sole with a lightweight filler therein, an inner sole above the outer sole and a foxing strip integral with the inner sole and surrounding the periphery of the outer sole. The sole is produced using a dummy last with a recess for receiving the filler, a clamping last, mold sides and a bottom mold piston. The outer sole is molded first using the dummy last and filler, a first portion of the mold sides and the mold piston to define a first mold cavity. Then, the inner sole is molded using the clamping last, a lasted upper or the like, a second portion of the mold sides, and the outer sole on the mold piston to define a second mold cavity. By providing suitable recesses in the dummy last and in the first portion of the mold sides, one or more projections which extend through the foxing strip are molded in the first mold cavity.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a mold for injection molding a sole onto an upper made of textile, vinyl, suede, leather, or any other suitable materials in which the lower periphery of the sole slopes downwardly and inwardly and forms a downwardly extending continuation of the peripheral face of the bumper. The mold is capable of using a single sole plate to produce a shoe in which the bumper and integral first sole part is formed of one color, a second sole part is formed of another color and the periphery of the second sole part is visible from the sides and ends of the shoe beneath the bumper. The upper surface of the sole plate of the mold includes an upstanding peripheral fin. The sole plate is capable of producing a skid-resistant surface on the bottom of the second sole part.

Abstract: A counter stiffener for shoes is made from a thermoplastic base sheet, specifically a copolymer of ethylene and a vinyl monomer, laminated to a liner sheet. The liner sheet is a cross-linked copolymer of ethylene and a silane to which color has been added. The liner sheet is colorfast and wear-resistant.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for making articles of footwear by the so-called dipping process. The system comprises placing under a last a mould for a sole and/or heel. When the last and mould are dipped in molten plastics material, the material solidifies to form a thin skin on the last in the usual way and is contained in the mould until it sets to form the relatively heavy sole and/or heel. The mould contains the molten plastics either by virtue of being provided with peripheral walls or, for thinner soles, by virtue of friction preventing the molten material from escaping. The mould may be constituted by an element to which the plastics material adheres and becomes part of the sole unit. SUThis invention relates to the manufacture of footwear and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel method of manufacturing footwear.Having regard to the antiquity of the art of manufacturing footwear a relatively recent innovation is the moulding of a complete shoe, boot or the like as a homogeneous unit, i.e.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a footwear comprising placing in a mold assembly a preformed section of appropriate material forming part of the footwear in such a manner that a part of said preformed section protrudes into a molding cavity for molding another section of said footwear, injecting molding material into said cavity and thereby integrally connecting said preformed section with the latter section, an improvement comprising surely holding said protruded part of said preformed section in place in said molding cavity by means of a plurality of projections integrally extended from said mold assembly into said molding cavity.

Abstract: A method for the formation of inserts in the edge of footwear or shoe soles made by means of injected plastic material, in which either the edge of the sole or the whole sole of the footwear is first moulded by injection, and successively at least a lateral recess is obtained in said edge of the sole itself, and thereafter a differently colored plastic material is injected into said recess for forming a lateral insert in the previously moulded edge of the footwear sole.

Abstract: A recessed last, and a method of using same in lasting an upper and insole and molding a sole thereto, including inserting an insole in the recess of the last and retaining the insole in position during molding by the edges of the lasted upper.The foregoing abstract is not to be taken either as a complete exposition or as a limitation of the present invention, and in order to understand the full nature and extent of the technical disclosure of this application, reference must be had to the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings as well as to the claims.

Abstract: An outer shell construction particularly suited for a ski boot and method for forming same is provided. The outer shell construction is formed by the steps of injection molding an outer shell, and securing a collapsible core to the inside of the boot to define a cavity between the boot and the collapsible core. The collapsible core includes a conduit therethrough. The outer shell construction is completed by introducing a cellular polymer in viscous form through the conduit into the space and curing same.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding rubber to an article, e.g. a two-color rubber sole onto a lasted upper of an article of footwear, are disclosed. Unvulcanized rubber of one color is placed into a mold cavity bounded by the article, openable peripheral side ring means, and a movable mold member, e.g. a sole plate, located opposite the article. The movable mold member is provided with a peripheral outwardly extending lip for forming, in the rubber flash escaping around the periphery of the movable mold member, a peripherally extending weakened region. A peripherally extending groove is also provided in the movable mold member adjacent the lip to the side of the latter facing away from the article, for forming the flash rubber escaping past the lip into a bead. In the method, a first rubber to be molded is introduced into the cavity and the movable mold member is then advanced toward the article until the first rubber is spread against the article.