Christopher John Ledbetter

US Patent:

20190297990, Oct 3, 2019

Filed:

Mar 29, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/940619

Inventors:

- Portland OR, US
Christopher Wayne Ledbetter - Vancouver WA, US
Matt Beck - Portland OR, US

International Classification:

A43B 7/12
A43B 1/10
A43B 3/02
A43B 23/02
A43B 23/07
A43B 23/08
B29D 35/00
B29D 35/04

Abstract:

The present technology relates generally to a footwear assembly and method of manufacturing said footwear assembly. The footwear assembly includes an outsole and an upper connected to the outsole, where the upper includes a neoprene sock, a vulcanized rubber layer, and an injection molded layer. The neoprene sock is a full-foot neoprene sock having a foot portion that is configured to receive a wearer's foot. The vulcanized rubber layer fully covers a vamp portion, heel portion, toe portion, and ankle portion of the neoprene sock while only covering some of an underfoot portion. The injection molded layer is formed over a portion of the vulcanized rubber layer and completely covers the underfoot portion of the neoprene sock.