Vamp and shoe body including the vamp

Abstract

A vamp is provided, for being arranged on a sole structure and defining a cavity with the sole structure, the vamp includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion and a fifth portion; the first portion is tubular and has an opening communicating with the cavity; the first, second, third, fourth and fifth portions are configured to respectively correspond to different parts of a foot, regarding deformabilities, the second portion is greater than the first portion, the first portion is greater than the fifth portion, the fifth portion is greater than the fourth portion, and the fourth portion is greater than the third portion. A shoe body is further provided, including the vamp and the sole structure, the vamp is arranged on the sole structure to define the cavity with the sole structure for receiving the foot.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vamp, for being arranged on a sole structure and for defining a cavity with the sole structure for receiving a foot therein, the vamp defining a length direction, a width direction lateral to the length direction and a height direction lateral to the length direction and the width direction, the vamp including:
 a first portion, being tubular and having an opening which is configured to communicate with the cavity;   a second portion, extending from the first portion toward a side away from the first portion, the second portion configured to at least correspond to an instep;   a third portion, extending from the first portion along the height direction toward a side away from the first portion, the third portion extending from the first portion in a direction which is away from the second portion, the third portion configured to correspond to a heel;   a fourth portion, at least partly surrounding the second portion, the fourth portion including at least two side portions which are arranged by two opposite sides of the second portion, each of the two side portions having an extent from the sole structure toward the second portion greater than 1.00 cm;   a fifth portion, being arranged between the second and fourth portions;   wherein the deformability of the second portion is greater than the deformability of the first portion, the deformability of the first portion is greater than the deformability of the fourth portion, the deformability of the fourth portion is greater than the deformability of the third portion, and the deformability of the fifth portion is smaller than respective deformabilities of the first and second portions but greater than or equal to the deformability of the third portion.   
     
     
         2 . The vamp of  claim 1 , where the third and second portions are respectively connected to two opposite sides of the first portion, and the deformability of the third portion is 20.00%±5%. 
     
     
         3 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the deformabilities of the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, the fourth portion and the fifth portion is 10:15:1:1.5:2. 
     
     
         4 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein the deformability of the first portion is 200.00%±10%, the deformability of the second portion is 300.00%±10%, and the deformability of the fourth portion is 30.00%±5%. 
     
     
         5 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein the fifth portion at least partly surrounds the second portion, and the fifth portion is connected among the first, second, third and fourth portions. 
     
     
         6 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein the fifth portion includes at least one middle portion, the at least one middle portion is connected between the second and fourth portions, the at least one middle portion and the second portion are arranged on the width direction, and the deformability of the at least one middle portion is greater than the deformability of the fourth portion but smaller than the deformability of the second portion. 
     
     
         7 . The vamp of  claim 6 , wherein the fifth portion includes a joining portion, the joining portion is substantially n-shaped, the joining portion partly surrounds the second portion, the joining portion has a middle section and two spacing sections which are respectively laterally connected to two opposite sides of the middle section, the middle section is connected between the second and fourth portions on the length direction, each of the two spacing sections is connected to the second portion and one of the two middle portions on the width direction, and the deformability of the joining portion is smaller than the deformability of the second portion. 
     
     
         8 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein the fifth portion includes at least one rear side portion, the at least one rear side portion is connected among the first, third and fourth portions, the deformability of each of the at least one rear side portion is greater than the deformability of the third portion but smaller than the deformability of the first portion, and the at least one rear side portion is configured to correspond to an ankle of the foot. 
     
     
         9 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth portions are respectively a first woven component, a second woven component, a third woven component, a fourth woven component, and a fifth woven component which are integrally woven with one another, the second portion is woven by a plurality of nylon threads and a plurality of elastic threads, and the first and third portions are respectively woven by a plurality of nylon threads. 
     
     
         10 . The vamp of  claim 1 , wherein the fifth portion includes a front portion, the front portion is arranged between the fourth and second portions, the fourth portion surrounds and is connected to a part of the front portion, the length direction extends through the front portion, the first portion, the second portion and the third portion, the deformability of the front portion is smaller than the deformability of the second portion, and the front portion is a woven component which is woven by a plurality of elastic threads and a plurality of nylon threads. 
     
     
         11 . The vamp of  claim 6 , wherein the fifth portion further includes two rear side portions, the two rear side portions are arranged by two opposite sides of the third portion, each of the two rear side portions is connected among the first, third and fourth portions, and the deformability of each of the two rear side portions is greater than the deformability of the third portion and smaller than the deformability of the first portion; the deformability of each of the two rear side portions is between 28.00% and 42.00%; the third portion is substantially T-shaped, the third portion includes a vertical section and two feathers which extend from the vertical section toward two opposite sides thereof, the two rear side portions are connected to the two opposite sides of the vertical section, and the two feathers are respectively connected to opposite sides of the two rear side portions connected to the first portion; the deformability of the third portion in a direction from the sole structure toward the first portion is greater than the deformability of the third portion in the width direction; the fifth portion includes two middle portions, and the two middle portions are located by two opposite sides of the second portion; the deformability of each of the two middle portions is 40.00%; each of the two middle portions includes a long section which extends in the length direction and a short section which is lateral to the long section, the long section is connected between the second and fourth portions, and the short section is connected between the at least one rear side portion and the fourth portion; the fourth portion and each of the two middle portions respectively have deformabilities in the width direction smaller than deformabilities in the length direction; each of the two rear side portions has deformability in a direction from the sole structure toward the first portion greater than the deformability in the length direction; each of the two rear side portions includes a first connecting margin and a second connecting margin, the first connecting margin is lateral to the second connecting margin, the first and second connecting margins are respectively lateral to the length direction and the width direction, the first connecting margin is connected to the at least one middle portion, and the second connecting margin is connected to the second portion; each of the two side portions has an extent from the sole structure toward the second portion greater than 1.50 cm; when being unstretched, in the width direction, an extent of the third portion is greater than an extent of the first portion of the vamp. 
     
     
         12 . A shoe body, including the vamp of  claim 1 , further including the sole structure; wherein the vamp is arranged on the sole structure to define the cavity with the sole structure for receiving the foot.