Patents Assigned to The Florsheim Shoe Company
  • Method of constructing footwear having a composite sole with a molded midsole and an outsole adhered thereto
    Patent number: 5477577
    Abstract: A method for forming a composite sole to an upper of a shoe includes molding a blank midsole to an upper of a shoe while protecting the material of the upper from the heat involved in molding the midsole to the upper, and subsequently adhering an outsole having a desired traction surface to the blank midsole. The method requires less heat and less time than prior art vulcanization processes that form entire soles to footwear uppers, and also requires less equipment than prior art processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: The Florsheim Shoe Company
    Inventor: Dennis L. Hadley