Appeal No. 98-0464
Application 08/554,386
We reverse.
The invention relates to “a shoe with a split sole,
particularly useful as a dance shoe, but also useful as an
exercise shoe, and particularly relates to sag and stretch
resistance of the mid-section of the shoe between its split
sole regions” (specification, page 1). Claim 1 is
illustrative and reads as follows:
1. A shoe comprising:
a shoe upper including a bottom beneath, sides passing up
past the sides of, and a top above a wearer's foot; the shoe
upper including a front portion, a heel portion and a foot
opening at the heel portion; the shoe upper being comprised of
a flexible material at least at the mid-section of the shoe
upper;
a split sole beneath the bottom of the shoe upper
including a front sole portion under the front portion of the
shoe upper, a rear sole portion under the heel portion of the
shoe upper, a mid-section of the bottom of the shoe upper
between the front and the rear sole portions and which is
without the sole beneath it;
a band of flexible, non-stretchable material attached to
the shoe upper so as to overlap the shoe upper at the mid-
section of the shoe upper, the band extending across the
bottom of the shoe upper, up past both sides of the shoe upper
and extending to and attached in an overlapping arrangement to
both sides of the shoe upper toward the top of the shoe upper
for substantially reducing an amount of sagging of the bottom
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