EP0879568A2 - Chaussure, en particulier chaussure à tige haute - Google Patents

Chaussure, en particulier chaussure à tige haute Download PDF

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EP0879568A2
EP0879568A2 EP98108637A EP98108637A EP0879568A2 EP 0879568 A2 EP0879568 A2 EP 0879568A2 EP 98108637 A EP98108637 A EP 98108637A EP 98108637 A EP98108637 A EP 98108637A EP 0879568 A2 EP0879568 A2 EP 0879568A2
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Heinz Feuerecker
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Lowa Sportschuhe GmbH
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
    • A43B5/002—Mountain boots or shoes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/02—Uppers; Boot legs
    • A43B23/0245—Uppers; Boot legs characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B23/0265—Uppers; Boot legs characterised by the constructive form having different properties in different directions
    • A43B23/027—Uppers; Boot legs characterised by the constructive form having different properties in different directions with a part of the upper particularly flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/26—Tongues for shoes

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  • the invention relates to a shoe, in particular a heavy-duty one Shoe, such as a mountain shoe, a hiking shoe, a Golf shoe or a sports shoe, comprising a shaft and a with tongue connected to the shaft with a rim on the inside of the foot, a outside edge of the foot and an inside edge of the foot and the edge bordering the outside of the foot, near the shin bone, the Tongue from a forefoot instep area of the shoe to at least one
  • the instep area of the shoe is sufficient and in line with the instep instep contour a foot is approximately saddle-shaped.
  • multilayer tongues made of textile or / and leather materials get their preforming in that the individual, not preformed material layers of the tongue in the desired Form are placed on top of each other and by suitable sewing or Adhesion of the material layers to one another achieves permanent preforming becomes.
  • plastic parts made of flexible plastic material for the tongue used these plastic parts can already be in the desired Form, such as injection molded. It is also conceivable to have a tongue to press into their desired shape. Now becomes the forefoot when walking The tongue is angled towards the shin in the instep area accordingly strongly bent. The tongue tries to move forward dodging oppressive lower legs and their preformed position maintain. The result is that it dodges to the side.
  • Slipping of the tongue at ankle-high can be particularly painful or shin-high shoes or boots with a tongue that is over extends over the instep area of the shoe as the tongue is then light can slip over an ankle, especially the outer ankle, where abrasions or pressure marks are particularly painful make and significantly affect the comfort of the shoe.
  • the invention is therefore based on the technical problem with one Shoe of the type described in the introduction to increase comfort.
  • the invention proposes that the tongue in the instep area of the shoe at least one, softer compared to adjacent tongue areas, particularly has flat flexibility zone.
  • the flexibilization zone is arranged at a distance from the shin edge of the tongue and the tongue towards her shin edge by one compared to the Flexibilization zone more rigid, near the shin bone border zone completed is.
  • the flexibility zone extends only part of the width of the tongue between the inside of the foot and the tongue edge on the outside of the foot. It is then ensured that an over tongue area in the flexing zone towards the shin and one below the flexibilization zone towards the forefoot Tongue area over an area left free of the flexibility zone more rigid connecting web are connected so that the The shape of the tongue remains intact and the two mentioned Do not wiggle tongue areas relative to each other.
  • the flexibility zone is preferably sufficient to the edge of the tongue inside the foot.
  • the flexibility zone expediently at a distance from the outer edge of the foot end of the tongue, but it has proven to be beneficial if it at least over the top of the riser.
  • Edge stiffening proves to be particularly useful if the Flexibility zone up to close to the outside of the tongue edge reaches.
  • the tongue is at a distance from the flexibilization zone has at least one further flexibilization zone.
  • Through several Flexibility zones can optimally adapt the tongue to that of the Deformations occurring can be achieved.
  • Particularly good ones Results appear when the further flexibility zone regarding the first-mentioned flexibility zone to the outside edge of the foot Tongue is offset. If the further flexibility zone up to edge of the tongue on the outside of the foot, it is also recommended this further flexibility zone with respect to the first-mentioned flexibility zone to be staggered away from the edge of the tongue near the shin. This allows an adaptation to the deeper with respect to the inner ankle Position of the outer ankle can be reached in a human foot.
  • the flexibility zone can be made in one piece with at least part of the Tongue material be made. You can by weakening the material at least part of the tongue material may be made, for example characterized in that local with a leather tongue by subsequent scraping Material weaknesses are brought about, or in the case of injection molding manufactured plastic tongues such weakened areas when Syringes are molded.
  • the tongue often has a multi-layered structure Structure, for example with a vapor-permeable inner layer, one Padding layer and a moisture-repellent outer layer. At Such a multilayered tongue can form the Flexibility zone at least one of the layers of the tongue in the area be left out of the flexibility zone, this being expedient the cushioning layer will be.
  • Such a separate use of flexibility can be optimal with regard to a desired bending softness can be designed and e.g. by sewing or sticking to the tongue.
  • the use of flexibility can in turn have a single-layer or multi-layer structure own, it is conceivable that the flexibilization on the Inside or / and the outside of the tongue through a layer of covering material is covered, on the one hand to improve the visual impression and secondly to cover seams or glue spots.
  • Another adaptation to the asymmetrical anatomy of the human Foot can be achieved in that the tongue at least in one Forefoot instep area when viewed in one from the inside of the foot to the Cross section of the tongue on the outside of the tongue, areas of different Has tongue thickness. This also allows the tendency of Tongue for slipping sideways can be reduced or even eliminated. If you consider that the instep from the Top of the instep flatter towards the outside of the foot than it falls towards the inside of the foot, It is particularly recommended that the average tongue thickness with respect to the Top of the instep of the foot towards the outside of the tongue edge is greater than towards the inside of the tongue. Conveniently, the different tongue thickness essentially on a different Strength of tongue padding.
  • a shoe is denoted by 1.
  • This shoe includes one a sole 3 connected shaft 5 which is connected to a tongue 7.
  • the tongue 7 can be cut in one piece from the material of the shaft 5 be, but also made as a separate part and sewn to the shaft or be connected in any other way.
  • the tongue 7 can also as so-called bag tongue be formed, in which they on their side Edges is connected to the shaft 5 by a tongue bag. Lacing is indicated by eyelets 9.
  • the shoe 1 is shown in FIG. 1 as an ankle-high shoe.
  • the tongue 7 extends from a forefoot instep region 11 of the shoe 1 over one The instep area 13 of the shoe 1 into a shin near the shin Shoe area 15. It has an edge 17 on the inside of the foot, one edge 19 on the outside of the foot and an edge 21 close to the shin which covers the edge 17 on the inside of the foot and the edge 19 on the outside of the foot connects.
  • Fig. 1 it can be clearly seen that the tongue 7 of the instep and Lower leg contour of a foot inserted into shoe 1 accordingly is approximately saddle-shaped.
  • the bending stiffness is reduced compared to the other tongue areas.
  • the flexibility zone 23 preferably extends at least over the top of the riser away, from the inside of the tongue 17 to the outside of the foot Tongue edge 19 becomes increasingly narrow. However, it ends before the tongue edge 19 on the outside of the foot, so that between the outside of the foot Edge 19 and the flexibilization zone 23 a web of the more rigid Tongue material remains, which stabilizes the tongue 7 in itself. This has the Advantage that a above the flexibility zone 23 to an entry opening 25 of the shoe 1 running, shin-like tongue edge area 27 not compared to one below the flexibilization zone 23 adjoining, forefoot tongue area 29 wobbles.
  • Fig. 2 you can see a section through the tongue 7, which is a multi-layer Structure with an outer layer 31, an inner layer 33 and one lying between the outer and inner layers 31, 33 Has padding layer 35.
  • the cushioning layer 35 can be of one soft textile material with cushioning properties.
  • the Tongue 7 can also be foamed in the area of the padding layer 35 be.
  • the inside layer 33 can be made of skin-friendly, vapor permeable material.
  • For the outer layer 31 all materials used in the shoe industry as upper material Leather, synthetic leather, textile materials, plastic and possibly also Metal.
  • a layer of the tongue 7 can also be of a vapor-permeable, moisture-proof membrane can be formed, such as one under the trade name "Goretex" known membrane.
  • the padding layer 35 is in the area of the flexibility zone 23 recessed. In addition to a reduced tongue thickness, this has a reduced one Flexural strength of the tongue 7 in the area of the flexibilization zone 23 Episode. It can be seen that the flexibilization zone 23 is not a sharp one Transition to the adjacent tongue areas, but through a steady reduction in thickness of the padding layer 35 a flowing Can form transition to the adjacent tongue areas. It is also the reason why the flexibilization zone 23 is only dashed in FIG. 1 is indicated.
  • 3 to 7 are the same or equivalent components with provided with the same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 and 2, but supplemented with a lowercase letter as an index.
  • a tongue 7 a is shown, the only material layer 37 a is weakened in a flexibilization zone 23 a .
  • this weakening of the material can be produced by subsequently scraping off the leather material in the area of the flexibilization zone 23 a .
  • Plastic tongues can already in the form shown in Fig. 3 be injected. It should be noted that a material weakening like that is shown in Fig. 3, and the recess of a tongue layer, as in Fig. 2 is shown, can be easily combined with each other.
  • FIG. 4 shows a tongue 7 b , which in the area of a flexibilization zone 23 b has a recess 39 b corresponding to the size of this flexibilization zone 23 b .
  • This recess 39 b is connected by a flexible insert 41 b connected to the tongue 7 b .
  • the connection can be made by sewing, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • Other possible connection options are gluing or riveting.
  • the flexibility insert 41 b is made of a material that is more flexible than the material of the tongue 7 b , so that the desired increased flexibility of the tongue 7 b in the instep region also arises in this exemplary embodiment.
  • Fig. 5 shows an embodiment of a multi-layered tongue 7 c , which has an upholstery layer 35 c , the layer thickness of which is not constant at least in a tongue area close to the forefoot or near the instep, if desired also in a tongue area near the instep between the foot inside tongue edge 17 c and the foot outside tongue edge 19 c is. It can be seen that the thickness of the cushioning layer 35 c initially increases continuously from the tongue edge 17 c on the inside of the foot until it reaches a maximum value beyond the top of the instep 43 c of a foot 45 c .
  • this maximum value is relatively close to the outer edge 19 c of the tongue 7 c , so that in the tongue area falling from the top part 43 c to the outside of the foot 45 c there is a significantly thicker padding than in the top part 43 c to the inside of the 45 c falling area.
  • the anatomical asymmetry of the foot 45 c which can be clearly seen in FIG. 5, is compensated for between the inside and the outside thereof.
  • the asymmetric padding of the tongue 7 c acts the tendency of the tongue 7 against c to slip to the outside of the foot 45 c.
  • ankle recesses 47 c on the foot-inside tongue edge 17 c and the foot-outside tongue edge 19 c of about the ankle of the foot 49 c 45 c is collected tongue 7 c.
  • the ankle recesses 47 c expose the ankles 49 c , so that here the risk of sores is avoided, which can arise from rubbing the tongue 7 c on the ankles 49 c .
  • Fig. 6 shows an embodiment of a tongue 7 d , which has two flexibilization zones 23 d and 23 ' d in its instep area.
  • the flexibility zone 23 d extends to the edge 17 d of the tongue 7 d on the inside of the foot and ends at a distance from the tongue edge 19 d on the outside of the foot.
  • the flexibilization zone 23 ' d adjoins the tongue edge 19 d on the outside of the foot. It also extends only over part of the width of the tongue 7 d and ends at a distance from the tongue edge 17 d on the inside of the foot.
  • the flexibilization zone 23 ' d narrows towards the tongue edge 17 d on the inside of the foot.
  • the two flexible zones 23 overlap d, 23 'd is not in the embodiment of Fig. 6. However, it is also conceivable that they overlap one another in the transverse direction of the tongue. It can be clearly seen that the flexibilization zone 23 ' d is further away from the tongue edge 21 d near the shin than the flexibilization zone 23 d . This is related to the anatomical conditions of the human foot, where the inner ankle and the outer ankle are at different heights.
  • the flexible zones d 23, 23 'd in the range of ankle recesses 47 lie d, which - as in the embodiment of Fig. 5 - the tongue 7 d at its foot-inside edge 17 d and its foot-outside edge 19 d a the Give the ankles an adapted contour.
  • FIG. 7 finally shows an exemplary embodiment of a tongue 7 e which has a flexibilization zone 23 e which extends from the tongue edge 17 e on the inside of the foot to close to the tongue edge 19 e on the outside of the foot.
  • an edge stiffening 51 e is provided on the tongue edge 19 e on the outside of the foot, which can be formed, for example, by a sewn-on edge strip. It is also conceivable to incorporate a stiffening edge strip made of plastic or metal into the tongue 7 e .
  • the edge reinforcement 51 e extends at least in one of the flexing zone 23 e opposite portion of the foot-outside tongue edge 19 e.
  • Their bending stiffness should be such that the bending stiffness of the tongue 7 e in the instep area does not increase significantly, but only a stabilizing effect between the tongue edge area 27 e near the shin and the tongue area 29 e near the forefoot is achieved.
  • the tongue construction according to the invention is also in shoes with a Outer shoe and an inner shoe that can be used in the outer shoe or a lining that can be used in the outer shoe, both with the outer shoe as well as with the inner shoe and the lining.

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