IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,454
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,454 · App. 18/289,086 · Granted May 13, 2025

Leno jacquard weave shoe upper having selective stretchability in specific areas

Inventors: Soo Bok Song (Busan, KR); Won Seok Song (Busan, KR); Ji Hyun Song (Busan, KR); Kapsoo Hwang (Busan, KR); Sinje Park (Busan, KR)
Assignee: Soo Bok Song
A43B23/0265D03D13/006D03D15/56D03D19/00D10B2401/061D10B2501/043
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Patent No.
US 12,295,454
App. No.
18/289,086
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a shoe upper including a stretchable area and a non-stretchable area. The shoe upper is woven by combining a warp yarn and a weft yarn, the weft yarn includes a first weft yarn, which is a stretchable yarn, and a second weft yarn, which is a normal yarn, the first and second weft yarns being alternately arranged next to each other, in the stretchable and the non-stretchable area, the shoe upper is woven with a leno weave and a plain weave in which the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn each are combined to the warp yarn, and the number of weave points of the warp yarn and the second weft yarn is larger in the non-stretchable area than in the stretchable area.

Claims (28)

1. A shoe upper comprising a stretchable area and a non-stretchable area,

wherein the shoe upper is woven by combining a warp yarn and a weft yarn,

wherein the weft yarn includes a first weft yarn, which is a stretchable yarn, and a second weft yarn, which is a normal yarn, the first and second weft yarns being alternately arranged next to each other,

wherein the stretchable area and the non-stretchable area of the shoe upper is woven with a plain weave in which the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn each are combined to the warp yarn, and

wherein a number of weave points of the warp yarn and the second weft yarn is larger in the non-stretchable area than in the stretchable area, and wherein the second weft yarn participates in combining of the shoe upper in the non-stretchable area, does not participate the combining of the shoe upper in the stretchable area, and is configured to be floated into a rear surface of the shoe upper in the stretchable area.

2. The shoe upper of claim 1 , wherein a length of the second weft yarn of the stretchable area floated into the rear surface of the shoe upper is equal to or longer than a length when the first weft yarn stretches to the maximum thereof.

3. The shoe upper of claim 1 , wherein the second weft yarn floated into the rear surface of the shoe upper is cut from the rear surface of the shoe upper.

4. The shoe upper of claim 1 , wherein the stretchable area and the non-stretchable area are woven continuously in a single process by a heterogeneous weave fabric weaving loom including a leno heald and a jacquard heald.

5. The shoe upper of claim 1 , wherein the warp yarn includes a heat fusion yarn.

6. A shoe upper comprising a stretchable area and a non-stretchable area,

wherein the shoe upper is woven by combining a warp yarn and a weft yarn, wherein the weft yarn includes a first weft yarn, which is a stretchable yarn, and a second weft yarn, which is a normal yarn, the first and second weft yarns being alternately arranged next to each other,

wherein the non-stretchable area of the shoe upper is woven with a plain weave in which the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn each are combined to the warp yarn,

wherein the warp yarn of the stretchable area includes a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, the first warp yarn and the second warp yarn being twisted while crossing in direction opposite to each other to form an opening, and

wherein the stretchable area of the shoe upper is woven with a leno fabric in which the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn are combined while penetrating the opening, and

wherein the second weft yarn participates in combining of the shoe upper in the non-stretchable area, does not participate the combining of the shoe upper in the stretchable area, and is configured to be floated into a rear surface of the shoe upper in the stretchable area.

7. The shoe upper of claim 6 , wherein in a length of the second weft yarn of the stretchable area floated into the rear surface of the shoe upper is equal to or longer than a length when the first weft yarn stretches to the maximum thereof.

8. The shoe upper of claim 6 , wherein the second weft yarn floated into the rear surface of the shoe upper is cut from the rear surface of the shoe upper.

9. The shoe upper of claim 6 , wherein the stretchable area and the non-stretchable area are woven continuously in a single process by a heterogeneous weave fabric weaving loom including a leno heald and a jacquard heald.

10. The shoe upper of claim 6 , wherein the warp yarn includes a heat fusion yarn.

11. A shoe upper comprising a stretchable area and anon-stretchable area,

wherein the shoe upper is woven by combining a warp yarn and a weft yarn,

wherein the weft yarn includes a first weft yarn, which is a stretchable yarn, and a second weft yarn, which is a normal yarn, the first and second weft yarns being alternately arranged next to each other,

wherein the non-stretchable area of the shoe upper is woven with a plain weave in which the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn each are combined to the warp yarn,

wherein the warp yarn of the stretchable area includes a first warp yarn and a second warp yarn, the first warp yarn and the second warp yarn being twisted while crossing in direction opposite to each other to form an opening, and

wherein the stretchable area of the shoe upper is woven with a leno fabric in which the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn are combined while penetrating the opening,

wherein a number of an opening of the stretchable area through which the first weft yarn penetrates is greater than the number of openings through which the second weft yarn penetrates.

12. The shoe upper of claim 11 , wherein the stretchable area and the non-stretchable area are woven continuously in a single process by a heterogeneous weave fabric weaving loom including a leno heald and a jacquard heald.

13. The shoe upper of claim 11 , wherein the warp yarn includes a heat fusion yarn.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: SONG, SOO BOK; SONG, WON SEOK; SONG, JI HYUN; HWANG, KAPSOO; PARK, SINJE
To: SONG, SOO BOK
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0021920 · Feb 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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