US 12,167,773 B2
Breathable and waterproof footwear
Frank Jensen, Bredebro (DK)
Assigned to ECCO Sko A/S, Bredebro (DK)
Appl. No. 17/295,668
Filed by ECCO Sko A/S, Bredebro (DK)
PCT Filed Feb. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DK2021/050049
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/164837, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. PA 2020 70095 (DK), filed on Feb. 19, 2020; application No. PA 2020 70096 (DK), filed on Feb. 19, 2020; application No. PA 2020 70097 (DK), filed on Feb. 19, 2020; and application No. PA 2020 70098 (DK), filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0400809 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A43B 7/12 (2006.01); A43B 23/07 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 7/125 (2013.01) [A43B 7/12 (2013.01); A43B 23/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear comprising:
an upper attached to a sole, the upper comprising an outer layer and an inner membrane,
wherein the outer layer comprises a lower end, the lower end of the outer layer having an outer layer lower edge,
wherein the inner membrane comprises a lower end of the inner membrane, the lower end of the inner membrane having a lower edge of the inner membrane,
wherein the inner membrane is attached to the outer layer at an upper circumference by stitching and/or gluing,
wherein the inner membrane is attached to the outer layer at a lower anchoring circumference via an anchoring adhesive,
wherein the lower end of the inner membrane is stitched to an insole along a lower circumference,
wherein the upper circumference is lower than a top edge of the footwear,
wherein the sole defines a sole upper edge at an outside of the footwear defining a transition between the sole and the outer layer, and
wherein a cross-section of the lower end of the inner membrane is curved towards the insole, and the insole is curved towards the lower end of the inner membrane at the lower circumference.