Football shoe

Abstract

A sport boot includes a sole, an upper associated with the sole which extends substantially continuously to cover, in use, at least the instep, the sides of the foot and a back of the heel, and has an upper edge which defines an opening for insertion of the foot. The upper includes a rear insert which in use covers the back of the heel and is made of a foldable and/or yielding material to be folded towards an inside of the boot to enable insertion of the foot into the boot from the rear part of the boot. A front insert which in use covers the instep, is also made of a yielding material to bind the upper part of the foot uniformly without use of laces and loops and improving comfort and foot-to-ball sensitivity.

1 . A boot comprising:
 a sole;   an upper associated with the sole which extends substantially continuously to cover, in use, at least one of an instep and sides of a foot, and has an upper edge which defines an opening for insertion of the foot;   the upper including a rear insert which in use covers the back of the heel, wherein the rear insert is made of a foldable and/or yielding material for folding and/or deforming to enable insertion of the foot into the boot from a rear part of the boot.   
     
     
         2 . The boot according to  claim 1 , wherein said rear insert is folds and/or deforms towards an inside of the boot to permit insertion of the foot into the boot from the rear part thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The boot according to  claim 1 , wherein a portion of upper which in use covers at least one of the instep and the sides of the foot is made of a substantially non-stretchable material. 
     
     
         4 . The boot according to  claim 3 , wherein the portion of upper comprises a front insert which can elastically deform. 
     
     
         5 . The boot according to the  claim 4 , wherein said front insert comprises an edge portion of said opening and an extension which extends into the upper above the instep. 
     
     
         6 . The boot according to the  claim 5 , wherein the extension of said front insert comprises two tracts which are substantially parallel and distanced from one another and which are joined to said edge portion. 
     
     
         7 . The boot according to  claim 4 , wherein said front insert is made of a thermoplastic material to maintain an elastic capacity thereof in use and not to undergo variations due to climatic conditions. 
     
     
         8 . The boot according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper is made of natural or synthetic leather or of natural or synthetic leather coupled to a substantially non-stretchable material. 
     
     
         9 . The boot according to  claim 1 , wherein the yielding material of the rear insert, which in use covers the back of the heel, is an elastically-deformable material. 
     
     
         10 . The boot according to  claim 1 , wherein the rear insert, which in use covers the back of the heel, has a bellow or pleated structure to temporarily widen during insertion of the foot. 
     
     
         11 . The boot according to  claim 4 , wherein said front insert in a portion of the upper, covering in use at least the instep, has a bellow or pleated structure to temporarily widen during insertion of the foot.