Shoe having molded sole with wedge-shaped insert

摘要

Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for manufacturing a shoe sole, in which a shoe sole is preliminarily assembled by bonding together a plurality of layers with a temporary insert disposed between two adjacent layers. Then, an outer edge of the shoe sole is ground and, following that, the temporary insert is removed and a permanent insert is bonded in place of the temporary insert, such that the permanent insert forms a portion of a side wall of the shoe sole.

主权项

1. A shoe, comprising:
a sole having a sidewall; and an upper extending above the sole, wherein the sole includes: (a) a sole component, molded as a single unitary piece, and having a rear section that includes an opening; and (b) a wedge-shaped insert disposed within the opening of the sole component such that sides of the wedge-shaped insert form a part of the sole's sidewall, wherein the wedge-shaped insert was separately bonded into the opening of the sole component after said single unitary piece was molded, and wherein said shoe, in its entirety other than the wedge-shaped insert, has been molded as a single unitary piece having the opening.