Abstract: A knitted shoe upper includes a unitary one-piece knitted element with an integrated tongue. The upper also includes a lacing system including a medial side eyestay and a lateral side eyestay. The medial side eyestay includes a plurality of medial side eyelets, and the lateral side eyestay includes a plurality of lateral side eyelets. The medial and lateral eyestays are configured such that a single shoelace can be placed through each of the plurality of lateral and medial side eyelets without extending through the knitted element.
Abstract: A shoe comprising a sole. The sole includes an upper sole member and a lower sole member of different materials. The lower sole member has a hole extending from its lower side to its upper side, and a projection of the upper sole member extends downwardly into the hole. The lower sole member further includes a longitudinal flex groove extending from a toe region to a front end of the hole, and from a rear end of the hole to a sole heel end. The longitudinal flex groove and hole combine to facilitate transverse flexion of the lower sole member in response to gait forces from the ground and a wearer's foot.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 17, 2019
Date of Patent:
August 10, 2021
Assignee:
COLE HAAN LLC
Inventors:
Jack Boys, Aubert Shepherd, Raghu Yalamanchili
Abstract: A shoe includes a knit upper and a sole secured to the knit upper. The knit upper has a first area of a jersey stitch knit and a second area of a pointelle stitch knit, a boundary line between the first and second areas, and a line of broguing adjacent the boundary line.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 22, 2021
Assignee:
COLE HAAN LLC
Inventors:
Jack Boys, Ann Bono, Aubert Shepherd, Mattias Verfl