Shoe wrap and method for manufacturing shoe

Abstract

A shoe wrap for a shoe and a method for manufacturing a shoe are disclosed. The shoe wrap includes an outsole portion having a toe portion disposed at an anterior end of the outsole portion, a toe rand portion at least partially connected to the outsole portion at a lateral side of the outsole portion and extending in an anterior direction beyond the toe portion of the outsole portion, a medial portion connected to a medial side of the outsole portion, and a heel rand portion connected to a heel portion of the outsole portion. The method includes disposing a main body on an outsole portion of the shoe wrap, folding at least a heel rand portion of the shoe wrap up a back of the main body, and folding a toe rand portion of the shoe wrap about a toe box of the main body.

1 . A shoe wrap for a shoe, the shoe wrap comprising:
 an outsole portion having a toe portion disposed at an anterior end of the outsole portion;   a toe rand portion at least partially connected to the outsole portion at a lateral side of the outsole portion, the toe rand portion extending in an anterior direction beyond the toe portion of the outsole portion;   a medial portion connected to a medial side of the outsole portion; and   a heel rand portion connected to a heel portion of the outsole portion.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe wrap of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a sling rand portion connected to the heel rand portion.   
     
     
         3 . The shoe wrap of  claim 2 , wherein the sling rand portion extends farther in medial and lateral directions than the heel rand portion. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe wrap of  claim 2 , wherein the heel rand portion extends farther in medial and lateral directions than the sling rand portion. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe wrap of  claim 1 , wherein a distal end of the toe rand portion extends farther in a lateral direction beyond the extent to which other portions of the toe rand portion extend in the lateral direction. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe wrap of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a folding line disposed about a periphery of the outsole portion.   
     
     
         7 . The shoe wrap of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the outsole, the toe rand portion, the medial portion, and the heel rand portion comprises a bevel. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe wrap of  claim 1 , further comprising a notch disposed between an anterior end of the medial portion and the toe portion of the outsole portion. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe wrap of  claim 1 , wherein the heel rand portion has a trapezoidal shape having a long base disposed away from the outsole portion. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe wrap of  claim 2 , wherein each of the heel rand portion and the sling rand portion has a trapezoidal shape having a long base disposed away from the outsole portion. 
     
     
         11 . The shoe wrap of  claim 2 , wherein each of the heel rand portion and the sling rand portion has trapezoidal shape having a long base disposed toward the outsole portion. 
     
     
         12 . A shoe comprising the shoe wrap of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         13 . A method of manufacturing a shoe, the method comprising:
 disposing a main body on an outsole portion of a shoe wrap, the main body comprising at least an upper;   folding at least a heel rand portion of the shoe wrap up a back of the main body; and   folding a toe rand portion of the shoe wrap about a toe box of the main body.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 folding lateral and medial portions of the heel rand portion along lateral and medial sides of the main body, respectively.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the folding of the toe rand portion further comprises folding the toe rand portion up a lateral side of the main body to cover at least a portion of the lateral portion of the heel rand portion. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the folding at least the heel rand portion further comprises folding a sling rand portion of the shoe wrap up the back of the main body, and the method further comprises folding lateral and medial portion of the sling rand portion along lateral and medial sides of the main body. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 folding a medial portion of the shoe wrap up a medial side of the main body.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the folding the medial portion of the shoe wrap occurs before the folding the toe rand portion of the shoe wrap such that the toe rand portion of the shoe wrap at least partially covers a portion of the medial portion of the shoe wrap. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 connecting separate portions of the shoe wrap to form an integral shoe wrap before applying any portion of the shoe wrap to the main body.