Shoe made from a sock and a reinforcing structure

Abstract

The invention relates to a shoe comprising, from within the shoe, a first flexible textile layer ( 10, 16 ) forming a sock, and a reinforcing structure ( 3 ) in which the textile layer is arranged and to which it is fixed using fixing means.

1 . A textile element ( 2 ) comprising a sock foot ( 10 ), a first heel ( 14 ), a first upper ( 16 ), a second heel ( 18 ) arranged at the top of said upper, substantially symmetrical to the first heel ( 14 ) in relation to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the upper, and a second upper ( 20 ), in the extension of the second heel ( 18 ). 
     
     
         2 . Textile element according to  claim 1  further comprising an opening ( 21 ) made in the second upper in order to provide a passageway for one or more lacing cords ( 37 ). 
     
     
         3 . Textile element according to  claim 1 , at least a portion of the textile material comprising one or more physical and/or chemical properties enabling it to ensure odor-control, fungicidal control, moisture absorption, skin healing, imperviousness or water-repellency, resistance to intrusion of foreign bodies, resistance to abrasion, elasticity, or the like. 
     
     
         4 . Textile element according to  claim 1 , the second upper ( 20 ) being stitchlessly connected to the first upper. 
     
     
         5 . A shoe comprising, from within of the shoe, a first flexible textile layer ( 10 ,  16 ) forming a sock, and a reinforcing structure ( 3 ) in which the textile layer is arranged and to which it is fixed by fixing means. 
     
     
         6 . Shoe according to  claim 5 , the textile layer being arranged:
 removably with respect to the reinforcing structure, to which it is connected using means such as snap-fasteners, buttons, hook and loop surfaces, or the like; or   irremovably with respect to the reinforcing structure, to which it is connected by gluing or heat sealing.   
     
     
         7 . Shoe according to  claim 5 , further comprising a second textile layer ( 20 ), the reinforcing structure being arranged between the first textile layer ( 10 ,  16 ) and the second textile layer ( 20 ). 
     
     
         8 . Shoe according to  claim 7 , the second textile layer ( 20 ) being obtained in continuity with the first textile layer ( 10 ,  16 ), stitchlessly to connect of the first and second textiles layers. 
     
     
         9 . Shoe according to  claim 5 , the reinforcing structure comprising at least one sole ( 30 ) and lateral reinforcing element ( 31 - 36 ). 
     
     
         10 . Shoe according to  claim 9 , the reinforcing structure further comprising at least one top-cap element ( 40 ) and one stiffener-forming element ( 42 ). 
     
     
         11 . Shoe according to  claim 5 , the reinforcing structure being flexible. 
     
     
         12 . Shoe according to  claim 5 , the reinforcing structure being made of a fiber-based material. 
     
     
         13 . Shoe according to  claim 5 , at least a portion of the textile material of the first textile layer ( 10 ,  16 ) and/or of the second textile layer ( 20 ) comprising one or more physical and/or chemical properties enabling it to ensure odor control, fungicidal control, moisture absorption, skin healing, imperviousness or water-repellency, resistance to the intrusion of foreign bodies, resistance to abrasion, elasticity, or the like. 
     
     
         14 . Shoe according to  claim 13 , at least two zones of the textile material having one or more different physical or chemical properties. 
     
     
         15 . Shoe according to  claim 14 , at least two zones of the textile material can be zones having different levels of imperviousness. 
     
     
         16 . A method for making a shoe using a sock ( 2 ) and a reinforcing structure ( 3 ) comprising at least one sole ( 30 ) and at least one lateral reinforcing structure ( 31 - 36 ,  43 ,  43 ′), comprising the steps of:
 fitting the sock onto a foot-shaped form ( 52 ); 
 positioning the reinforcing structure on the sock, in contact therewith, and fixing it to said sock using fixing means. 
 
     
     
         17 . Method according to  claim 16 , in which the sock is a textile element comprising a sock foot ( 10 ), a first heel ( 14 ), a first upper ( 16 ), a second heel ( 18 ) arranged at the top of said upper, substantially symmetrical to the first heel ( 14 ) in relation to a plane perpendicular to the axis of the upper, and a second upper ( 20 ), in the extension of the second heel ( 18 ). 
     
     
         18 . Method according to  claim 16 , in which the reinforcing structure is fixed to the sock irremovably, by gluing, heat sealing, or the like. 
     
     
         19 . Method according  claim 16 , in which the reinforcing structure is fixed to the sock removably by means such as snap-fasteners, buttons, hook-and-loop surfaces, or the like. 
     
     
         20 . Method according to  claim 16 , in which the reinforcing structure comprises a first portion and a second portion which, prior to attachment to the sock, are displaceable with respect to one another, so as to adjust the reinforcing structure to the foot-shaped form.