DE102005058927B3 - System for individualizing a shoe - Google Patents

Abstract

The The present invention relates to a system for individualization a shoe (10), with a shoe (10) having a surface area (11, 12), which has at least a first design element (15), and at least one second design element (21), wherein the second Design element (21) has a contact surface, and the contact surface and / or the surface area (11, 12) is formed so that the second design element (21) anywhere on the surface area (11, 12) of the shoe (10) can be rubbed.

Description

1. Technical area

The The present invention relates to a system for individualization a shoe, in particular a children's shoe.

2. The state of the art

Shoes Nowadays they are mass-produced products that help reduce production costs identical models are produced in huge numbers. Although there is an unmanageable Model variety on the market. The choice with regard to the external appearance However, a shoe is generally limited to the given models.

simultaneously is a trend towards individualization in many areas of society recognizable. The carrier a shoe would like identify with his shoe and distinguish it from other shoes shape. For example, major shoe manufacturers have been offering for some time Time the opportunity a shoe over to configure the Internet within certain limits and name to arrange the owner on the shoe. A real individual Design of the shoe is not possible with it. In addition, the configuration process requires Knowledge that many clients, especially children, lack.

To overcome These disadvantages are known in the art various approaches. So the Applicant of the present patent application already has middle The eighties kids shoes with a white shoe top along with distributed a set of pens with which the shoe designed individually could be. However, the result was not always aesthetic satisfying.

Other approaches that allow an individualization of the outer shape, are from the US 5,673,501 and the US 5,136,726 known. So revealed the US 5,673,501 a shoe, in the shaft of a variety of fasteners are integrated, which work similar to a push button and where depending on the ideas of the wearer different jewelry elements such as grinding o.ä. let attach. However, these elements can be arranged only at the few positions of the fixed fastening devices on the shoe upper.

In the US 5,136,726 discloses a shoe whose almost entire outer surface comprises a fabric which forms a hook-and-loop fastener together with another fabric on the back of a decorative element. One or more decorative elements can therefore be distributed almost arbitrarily on the surface of the shoe. The limitation on a fabric that forms one side of a hook and loop fastener, however, not only severely limits the utility of the shoe, but also its outer appearance. In addition, there is a risk that the upper material when using the shoe according to the US 5,136,726 permanently contaminated because it can easily absorb impurities because of the required open structure.

In the document WO 2004/065 128 A2, the provision of images on surfaces described. In particular, it is about image slides for attachment Shoes such as fashion shoes and casual shoes.

Farther WO 94/05176 describes a device with a right and a left element, each on a right and left Shoe to be glued.

From the JP 041 61399 A Finally, thin metal foil pieces and fastening means for fixing these pieces to an object are known.

Of the The present invention is therefore in one aspect of the technical The problem is to provide a system for individualizing a shoe, the big one on the one hand creative freedom for the exterior of the Shoe allows on the other hand is easy to use and beyond the practical usability of the shoe is not affected.

3. Summary of the invention

The Invention is independent in the Defended claim 1.

With the system according to the invention can be an infinite number of different overall designs realize the shoe in the simplest way by one or more second design elements at different locations of the surface area to be rubbed on the shoe. As a result, no shoe is the same other, so that a most extensive individualization is possible.

In the presently preferred embodiment, the system includes a plurality of second design elements each having smaller dimensions than the surface area of the shoe. This results in a high degree of flexibility as to where and in what combinations the plurality of second design elements can be arranged on the surface region of the shoe with the first design element. Of the Surface area is preferably arranged on the instep and / or on the sides of the shoe upper.

If the first design element and the at least one second design element Thematically coordinated, resulting in easier Way particularly advantageous aesthetic Total impressions.

Of the surface area of the shoe and / or the contact surface are formed so that the at least second design element of the surface area is removable without damaging the first design element. The System includes a release agent, to remove the second design element from the surface area of the shoe.

According to one In another aspect of the present invention, the system further comprises a scratching element with which the second design element on the surface area can be rubbed. The scratching element preferably has one Grip area and a scratch area on and extends from the Gripping area towards scratch area. It is further preferred if the Scratch element a mounting hole and thus, for example, like a key fob or similar. can be attached.

The first design element preferably has on the surface area an abrasion resistance, making it an abrasion test with a sandpaper the grain 280 and a contact pressure of about 9.8 N of preferably 200 cycles, more preferably 300 cycles, survives substantially unscathed. The second design element preferably has material properties so on it with a linen cloth and a Pressing force approx. 9.8 N after 20-30 Cycles, more preferably 25 cycles substantially away from the surface is. The combination of these preferred material properties allows in particularly advantageous different second design elements repeated on the surface to dispose and remove without the first design element to damage..

4. Short description the accompanying figures

in the Following are aspects of the present invention with reference explained in more detail on the accompanying figures. These figures show:

1 : An overall schematic representation of a presently preferred embodiment of the system according to the invention;

2 : An exemplary representation of an individualized shoe; and

3 : An embodiment of a preferred scratch off element for the system according to the invention.

5. Detailed description preferred embodiments

in the Following are embodiments of the inventive system explained in more detail using the example of the individual design of a children's shoe. It It is understood, however, that the system according to the invention also for the simple individual design of other types of shoes used can be, independent of their purpose and their size.

1 shows an overview of a shoe 10 and a set of scratch cards 20 , The shoe 10 has a standard shoe upper with a clamping range 11 and page areas 12 on. On the clamping area 11 and the side panels 12 are a multitude of first design elements 15 permanently arranged, for example by printing the upper (leather, imitation leather or similar materials) before, during or after the manufacture of the shoe 10 , Printing can be achieved by screen printing, sublimation printing or transfer printing. Other manufacturing techniques are also conceivable. For example, the first design elements 15 also be produced by embossing, stamping, gluing or other techniques in which not only a two-dimensional design of the surface is achieved, but the corresponding area of the shoe is designed three-dimensional similar to a relief. The shape of the relief can specify positions, preferably second design elements 21 are to be attached.

In the in 1 shown shoe 10 are an example of some stars and a moon as the first design elements 15 arranged in different places. In addition, parts or the entire designed area of the shoe upper, ie in the present embodiment, the clamping 11 and the side surfaces 12 , with one or more background colors or similar be provided, for example, a black color to match the stars and the moon (in 1 not shown).

Alternatively or in addition to the clamping 11 and the side surfaces 12 Also, other areas of the shoe, such as the tongue or side panels of a midsole and / or the outsole may be provided with first design elements or a background color (not shown).

The scratching pictures are known in themselves ter way as a set 20 provided on a foil or similar support. As indicated by the dashed arrow in 1 shown, individual images 21 by rubbing on a desired location of the instep 11 and / or the side surfaces 12 be transmitted. The selection of the rubbed images to be transferred and their arrangement result in an unlimited number of design possibilities, so that, as a result, each shoe designed with the system according to the invention 10 can have an individual look. This is especially true because the rubbed images are each significantly smaller than the available area on the instep 11 or at the side 12 , At the same time, no high demands are placed on the artistic and / or manual skills of the designer. For example, a child can easily use the scratch images of the sentence 20 on the instep 11 or the side surface 12 of the shoe 10 arrange in the desired position.

Preferably, the sentence is scratch proof 20 Thematically on the or the design elements 15 tuned, permanently on the upper of the shoe 10 are arranged. In 1 shows, for example, the shoe 10 a night scene and the sentence 20 Scratch cards contain ghosts, etc. Other combinations are also possible.

2 shows an example of a finished shoe, the first design element 15 has a flower meadow. In this embodiment, three matching second design elements 21 roughened, namely a balloon, a butterfly and a beetle. As you can see in the finished shoe aufgerubbelte and predetermined design elements are barely distinguishable. Despite its individual design, therefore, meets the designed with the system according to the invention shoe 10 highest quality standards for the execution of a design.

A particularly good and lasting anchorage of the rubbish pictures 21 results if the surface area in which the scratch-off images can be arranged and the scratch-off images themselves have certain material properties. Preferably, the first design elements are 15 arranged with a greater degree of abrasion resistance than the abrasion resistance, which results for the aufgerubbelten second design elements.

Particularly preferred is an arrangement in which the first design elements withstand an abrasion test according to DIN EN ISO 11640 with a grit 280 sandpaper substantially without visible damage. For this purpose, a stamp provided with the sandpaper is moved back and forth over the surface area at a contact force of 9.8 N and then the first design elements are examined for visible damage. Screen printing or the otherwise used method of applying the first design elements 15 should preferably be designed so that this test is passed at 200, preferably 300 cycles of movement, ie substantially no damage to the first design elements 15 can be recognized by eye.

The roughened second design elements 21 preferably have material properties, so that there is a significantly lower abrasion resistance. Here, it is preferred if in a Abriebtest according to DIN EN ISO 11640 with a linen cloth and turn a stamp with a contact pressure of 9.8 N after 20-30 cycles, preferably after 25 cycles, the second design element 21 is essentially removed from the surface, leaving other design elements 21 can be applied. The specified preferred values of abrasion resistance of the first and second design elements 15 respectively. 21 allow the realization of many different overall aesthetic impressions of the shoe with the system according to the invention. Alternatively, however, it is also conceivable to add a clearcoat to the system according to the invention, with the images once rubbed on 21 be painted over in order to protect them permanently against damage (not shown).

However, it is also possible a modified embodiment in which the scratched images 21 even easier to remove, for example, by a different surface finish of the corresponding surface area of the shoe 10 or by a different composition of the contact surface of a scratched image. Removal of a scratch-off image may also be accomplished by mechanical scraping or the use of a suitable solvent, such as a commercially available nail polish remover. In this case, the shoe can be re-designed over its lifetime especially easy multiple times. In this case, it may be advantageous if the with the first design elements 15 provided additional areas of the shoe with a coating that prevents accidental damage when removing the Rubbelbilder. This coating can be applied by different techniques, for example by spraying or in a lamination process.

3 shows a preferred tool 30 to scrape, which has approximately the shape of a miniaturized dented spray can. The bottom edge 31 of the tool 30 forms thereby the Scratch area, which a controlled transmission of a Rubbelbilds 21 to the desired position of the instep 11 or a page area 12 etc. allows by the scratchpaper is applied and rubbed back and forth from above on the carrier foil. The upper area 32 of the scratching tool 30 In this case, it preferably serves as a grip area and, because of its small dimensions, it can be grasped particularly easily by children's hands.

Above the grip area 32 is preferably a fastening projection 33 arranged, an opening 34 having. This can be the little tool 30 For example, be attached to a keychain. However, the use of this preferred tool is not mandatory. Other scratching tools, such as suitable wood chips, can also be used. If necessary, it can be dispensed with completely and the scratching pictures are similar with the fingernails or similar. rubbed-.

The scratch-off tool 30 is preferably made of a sufficiently soft plastic to damage the first design elements 15 to avoid when scrubbing.

Claims (10)

System for individualizing a shoe ( 10 ) comprising: a. a shoe ( 10 ) with a surface area ( 11 . 12 ), which is at least a first design element ( 15 ) having; b. at least a second design element ( 21 ); c. wherein the second design element ( 21 ) has a contact surface, and the contact surface and / or the surface region ( 11 . 12 ) is designed so that the second design element ( 21 ) anywhere on the surface area ( 11 . 12 ) of the shoe ( 10 ) can be rubbed on, and d. wherein the second design element ( 21 ) is designed so that it can be removed by scraping or using a suitable solvent, without the first design element ( 15 ) damage. A system according to claim 1 comprising a plurality of second design elements ( 21 ), each of smaller dimensions than the surface area ( 11 . 12 ) of the shoe ( 10 ) exhibit. A system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the surface area on the chuck ( 11 ) and / or on the sides ( 12 ) of the shoe upper is arranged. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the first design element ( 15 ) and the at least one second design element ( 21 ) are thematically coordinated. System according to one of the preceding claims, further comprising a scratch-off element ( 30 ), with which the second design element ( 21 ) on the surface area ( 11 . 12 ) can be rubbed. System according to claim 5, wherein the scratching element ( 30 ) a grip area ( 32 ) and a scratch area ( 31 ) and away from the grip area ( 32 ) to the scratch area ( 31 ) extended. System according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the scratching element ( 30 ) an attachment opening ( 34 ) having. System according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the first design element ( 15 ) on the surface area ( 11 . 12 ) has a greater abrasion resistance than the roughened second design element ( 21 ). A system according to claim 8, wherein the first design element ( 15 ) has an abrasion resistance such that it withstands an abrasion test with a 280 grit sandpaper and a 9.8 N contact force of 200 cycles, more preferably 300 cycles, substantially unscathed. System according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the second design element preferably has material properties, so that in a wear test with a linen cloth and a contact pressure of 9.8 N after 20-30 cycles, preferably after 25 cycles, substantially from the surface area (FIG. 11 . 12 ) is removed.