U.S. patent application number 14/786660 was filed with the patent office on 2016-03-03 for footwear kit and method for production of the kit.
This patent application is currently assigned to Grendene S/A. The applicant listed for this patent is GRENDENE S/A, Edson MATSUO. Invention is credited to Edson Matsuo.
Application Number | 20160058104 14/786660 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 51790923 |
Filed Date | 2016-03-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20160058104 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Matsuo; Edson |
March 3, 2016 |
FOOTWEAR KIT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF THE KIT
Abstract
A footwear kit including an amount of feet with a first visual
feature distinct from the amount of shoe feet and with a second
visual element, where the footwear can be defined by an odd number
of feet, and where one of the foot comprises opposite direction to
the other, and a process for producing of the kit.
Inventors: |
Matsuo; Edson; (Porto
Alegre, BR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
MATSUO; Edson
GRENDENE S/A |
Porto Alegre, RS, CEP
Sobral, Ceara, CEP |
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BR
BR |
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Assignee: |
Grendene S/A
Sobral, CE
BR
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Family ID: |
51790923 |
Appl. No.: |
14/786660 |
Filed: |
June 7, 2013 |
PCT Filed: |
June 7, 2013 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/BR2013/000198 |
371 Date: |
October 23, 2015 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
36/101 ; 12/142R;
36/83 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A43B 3/12 20130101; A43B
3/242 20130101; A43B 3/102 20130101; A43B 9/00 20130101; A43B
1/0027 20130101; A43B 3/0036 20130101; A43B 3/105 20130101 |
International
Class: |
A43B 3/24 20060101
A43B003/24; A43B 3/00 20060101 A43B003/00; A43B 3/12 20060101
A43B003/12 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Apr 26, 2013 |
BR |
102013010221-0 |
Claims
1. A footwear kit, comprising a first amount of feet with a first
visual element distinct from a second amount of feet with a second
visual element.
2. The footwear kit according to claim 1, further comprising: at
least one foot having a first orientation opposite to a second
orientation of another foot; the number of feet of the first
orientation is different from the number of feet with the second
orientation; and the feet of the same orientation comprising at
least one distinct visual element among them.
3. The footwear kit according to claim 2, wherein the footwear
comprises at least: a) an upper; and b) a sole, wherein the uppers
and/or soles of feet having the same orientation comprises at least
one visual element distinct from each other.
4. The footwear kit according to claim 3, wherein the upper is
switchable.
5. the footwear kit according to claim 1, wherein the amount of the
feet included in the kit is an odd number.
6. The footwear kit according to claim 1, wherein each feet of the
kit comprises at least one distinctive visual element different
from the others.
7. The footwear kit according to claim 1, wherein the number of
shoe feet is equal to 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7.
8. The footwear kit according to claim 1, wherein it is an
end-user's kit.
9. A process of producing a footwear kit comprising the steps of
including in the kit a first amount of shoe feet with a first
visual element distinct from a second amount of feet with a second
visual element.
10. The process of producing a footwear kit according to claim 9,
further comprising the steps of including in the kit: at least one
foot having a first orientation opposite to a second orientation of
another foot; the number of feet of the first orientation is
different from the number of feet with the second orientation; and
the feet of the same orientation comprising at least one distinct
visual element among them.
11. The process of producing a footwear kit according to claim 10,
wherein the footwear comprises at least: a) an upper; and b) a
sole, wherein the uppers and/or soles of feet having the same
orientation comprises at least one visual element distinct from
each other.
12. The process of producing a footwear kit according to claim 11,
wherein the upper is switchable.
Description
STATEMENT OF RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The application is the US National Phase of International
Application No. PCT/BR2013/000198 having an international filing
date of 7 Jun. 2013, which claims priority on Brazilian Patent
Application No. 102013010221-0 having a filing date of 26 Apr.
2013.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Technical Field
[0003] The present invention describes a kit comprising shoes and a
process for its production. The present invention is in the field
of footwear and fashion industry and design.
[0004] 2. Prior Art
[0005] The footwear industry has great interest in developing
solutions, whether technical or fashion and design, to overcome the
process of limitations and or upgrade products according to the new
trends, to provide improvements to users.
[0006] Concern regarding the adornment of the feet is constant in
this industry, the footwear in many cultures have been and are
synonymous with social position and economic status indicators.
With the variation in trends of styles of shoes, there are a lot of
people who have or need more than one pair of shoes in order to
remain fashionable, and to be able to match the shoes with their
clothes.
[0007] Given this need, it is noted that there is a technical
deficiency when referring to solutions that allow a greater number
of possible visual/aesthetic combination between the shoes.
Currently, the only way combinations are increased is by acquiring
more than one pair of shoes, or the customization of the same, or
making a large investment to achieve a high number of
combinations.
[0008] From the searched literature, documents were not found
suggesting or anticipating the teachings of the present invention,
so that the solution proposed here possesses novelty and inventive
activity in relation to the prior art.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0009] The present invention solves the problem of providing a
greater number of combinations of footwear without the need to
acquire an excessive amount of pairs of shoes and without involving
excessive costs for the acquisition of several pairs of shoes.
Furthermore, the present invention solves the problem of
personalized footwear.
[0010] Thus, the present invention, through its concept and
embodiments disclosed throughout the description, allows a greater
number of shoes combinations to be possible with a reduced number
of shoe acquisitions. The present invention also allows cost
savings to the end consumer, who buys shoes, and allows the
producer or the seller to have a kit that allows a lot of
combinations and stock savings (as the kit enables sales comprising
fewer feet).
[0011] It is therefore an object of the present invention to
provide a kit comprising footwear, comprising an amount of feet
with a first visual feature distinct from the amount of feet with a
second visual element.
[0012] In a preferred embodiment, the kit comprises: [0013] at
least one foot with an opposite direction to the other foot; [0014]
the number of feet with a first orientation different from the
number of feet with a second orientation; and [0015] the feet of
the same orientation having at least one distinct visual element
among them.
[0016] In one embodiment the shoe comprises at least: [0017] a. an
upper; [0018] b. a sole; and [0019] wherein the uppers and/or soles
of feet having the same orientation comprises at least one visual
element distinct from each other.
[0020] In one embodiment the upper is switchable.
[0021] In one embodiment the amount of the feet included in the kit
is an odd number.
[0022] In one embodiment, all the feet comprise at least one visual
element distinct from each other.
[0023] In one embodiment, the number of feet is equal to 3.
[0024] In one embodiment, the number of feet is equal to 4.
[0025] In one embodiment, the number of feet is equal to 5.
[0026] In one embodiment, the number of feet is equal to 6.
[0027] In one embodiment, the number of feet is equal to 7.
[0028] In one embodiment said kit is for the end-user.
[0029] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a
process of producing a kit, comprising the steps of including in a
kit an amount of feet with a first visual element distinct of the
amount of feet with a second visual element.
[0030] In one embodiment the process of producing a kit comprises
the steps of including in a kit: [0031] at least one foot with
opposite direction to the other foot; [0032] the number of feet of
a first orientation different from the number of feet with a second
orientation; and [0033] the feet of the same orientation comprising
at least one distinct visual element among them.
[0034] In one embodiment, the shoe comprises at least: [0035] an
upper; [0036] a sole; and [0037] wherein the uppers and/or soles of
feet having the same orientation comprises at least one visual
element distinct from each other.
[0038] In one embodiment, the upper is exchangeable.
[0039] These and other objects of the invention will be immediately
appreciated by those skilled in the art and by companies with
interests in the sector, and will be described in sufficient detail
to its reproduction in the description below.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0040] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention with
simple upper, of the flip flops type.
[0041] FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention
with the upper composed by two strips.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0042] The present invention provides a novel kit comprising shoes
in order to increase the number of possible combinations with the
user's clothing, but without result in a greater cost when compared
to the purchase of two pairs of footwear.
[0043] In the present invention, each foot of the footwear
comprises at least one upper and one sole, in which the shoe
comprises the sole and the upper, which is defined as the top of
the foot protection, and provides support for the foot of the
user.
Shoes Orientation
[0044] The kit comprising shoes, in one embodiment, is defined by
shoes for three feet, and they may comprise non-defined
orientation, i.e., being able to contain both the right foot and
the left foot. The shoe may further comprise an orientation (left
or right) defined in at least a contrary direction to the other,
according to FIGS. 1 and 2. More specifically, the footwear is
preferably a slipper.
[0045] The kit according to FIGS. 1 and 2, when comprising a fixed
upper has two possible combinations of use by the user. However,
when using exchangeable uppers, the kit of FIG. 1 allows four types
of possible combinations, whereas the kit of FIG. 2 allows 8 kinds
of possible combinations. This occurs because of using an upper
composed of two strips in the second embodiment, thus, increasing
the number of possible combinations.
Attachment of the Upper to the Sole
[0046] The attachment of the uppers to the soles can be performed
in various ways, such as: using fixtures, and bonding or fitting.
Also, when using an upper of a switchable type composed of two
strips, the strips of the same foot are not interchangeable among
themselves, since they have different lengths.
Visual Element
[0047] In the context of this invention the visual element shall be
considered as any surface treatment, ornamental, texturing,
embossing, gluing or design elements that is on the footwear.
Furthermore, one can understand the same as the effect provided by
the use of different materials and its surface features, such as a
matt or glossy surface.
End-User kit
[0048] In one embodiment, said kit is designed for the end-user,
which can be understood as final consumer who uses the shoes in
this kit. Thus, it can be noted that the technical effect of this
kit, although inherently present when the kit is viewed or
purchased by the intermediate segments, has to have a greater
effect customized to the end-user's hands, which can make use of
the numerous combinations and customization allowed by the present
invention.
Combinations of Footwear
Upper Attached to the Sole
[0049] The number of possible combinations of a kit having an odd
number of feet, where the upper is fixed to the sole and in which:
[0050] at least one foot has opposite direction to the other; and
[0051] the feet of the same orientation have at least one distinct
visual element between them, can be found according to equation 1
below:
[0051] C=D.times.E [E.1]
where: [0052] C: number of combinations [0053] D: number of right
direction feet [0054] E: number of left direction feet
[0055] Thus, it is noted that the greater the number of feet in the
kit, the greater the number of combinations that it provides.
Particularly, it is interesting to note that the same number of
combinations could only be achieved by the prior art when in
possession of an even number of pieces of footwear, i.e. would be
necessary to buy more feet to achieve the same number of
combinations that this kit provides.
[0056] The same principle applies for when the number of feet in
the kit is even and one skilled in the art can easily conceive of
such a formula.
Upper Switchable to the Sole
[0057] The number of possible combinations of a kit having an odd
number of feet, where the upper is switchable in relation to the
sole and wherein: [0058] at least one foot has opposite direction
to the other; and [0059] the feet of the same orientation have at
least one distinct visual element between them, can be found
according to equation 2 below:
[0059]
C=S.sub.1.times.Cab.sub.1.times.T.sub.1+S.sub.2.times.Cab.sub.2.t-
imes.T.sub.2 [E.2]
where: [0060] C: number of combinations [0061] s1: number of right
direction soles [0062] cab1: number of right direction uppers
[0063] t1: type of right direction upper [0064] s2: number of left
direction soles [0065] cab2: number of left direction uppers [0066]
t2: type of left direction uppers
[0067] The value of the parameter related to the type of upper (t)
is defined according to the type of upper being equal to 1 for a
single type upper strip (FIG. 1), and equal to 2 for a double type
upper strip (FIG. 2).
[0068] Again, we note that the number of combinations increases due
to the increase in the number of parts of the footwear and with the
differentiation of the visual elements of the same foot shoes. More
surprising is the fact that occurs when compared with the prior
art, where a greater number of shoes (pairs) is necessary to obtain
the same number of combinations.
[0069] The same principle applies for when the number of feet in
the kit is even and one skilled in the art can easily conceive of
such equation.
[0070] Finally, it is part of the inventive concept is the
possibility of performing a combination of different types of
uppers, i.e. a type of foot has a fixed upper and a foot having
another type of switchable upper. Still, it appears that there may
be a greater number of exchangeable strips of uppers in other
embodiments, thereby further increasing the number of possible
combinations.
[0071] The examples shown here intends only to exemplify one of the
many ways of performing the invention, but without limiting the
scope thereof.
EXAMPLES
Example 1--Upper Attached to the Sole
[0072] In an embodiment of the present invention there is provided
a fixed upper footwear to the soles. So, this is part of a kit
having 3 shoes, two right-footed (footwear A and B) and one
left-footed (footwear C), where the footwear A has the same sole
but with an upper with a distinctive visual element of B, and
footwear C has visual element of the soles and an upper identical
to that of A.
[0073] Thus, it is noted that the number of combinations that can
be achieved is 2, that is, the use of only three feet can achieve
the same number of feet combinations as when buying 4 feet, or two
conventional pairs. Additionally, for a condition in which the foot
is not set as to the side of the foot, by acquiring three feet, it
is equivalent to the same number of feet of combinations buying 6
feet, or three pair of conventional counterparts.
Example 2--Switchable Upper
[0074] In an embodiment of this invention with a changeable upper,
which can be alternated with the soles of another of the same
orientation. So, this is part of a kit having 3 shoes, two
right-footed (draft A and B) and one left-footed (footwear C),
where the footwear A has the same sole but with an upper with a
distinctive visual element of B, and footwear C has visual element
of the soles and an upper identical to that of A.
[0075] Thus, it is noted that the number of combinations that can
be achieved is 4, i.e. the use of only 3 feet achieves a greater
number of combinations of feet than to buy 4 feet.
[0076] Those who are skilled in the art will understand the
disclosure presented herein, and may reproduce the invention
described in the embodiments and other variations which fall within
the scope of the appended claims.
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