Claims
- 1. An outersole for a shoe, said outersole having a toe end and an opposite end and having a removable protective covering, comprising:
- a) a sheet of outersole material, including a ground contact area and a non-ground contact area;
- b) a sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said sheet of outersole material to form a composite sheet for attaching to a shoe upper to form a shoe, said sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said entire outersole from said toe end to said opposite end of said sheet of outersole material, including said ground contact area and said non-ground contact area; and
- c) printed indicia applied to said sheet of protective covering material before said composite sheet is attached to a shoe upper to form a shoe.
- 2. An outersole for a shoe having a removable protective covering in accordance with claim 1, wherein said outersole material is selected from the group consisting of a vinyl substrate, rubber, leather, and a plastic substrate.
- 3. An outersole for a shoe having a removable protective covering in accordance with claim 1, wherein said protective covering is made of material selected from the group consisting of paper, cellophane, polyvinylchoride (PVC) aluminum foil, polyethylene (PE), polytetrafluoroethylene, a plastic film, and composites of the foregoing.
- 4. An outersole for a shoe having a removable protective covering in accordance with claim 1, wherein said adhesive is made of a pressure-sensitive adhesive or a pressure-sensitive glue.
- 5. An outersole for a shoe having a removable protective covering in accordance with claim 1, wherein said printed indicia includes at least one of product features, product information, and advertising.
- 6. An outersole for a shoe having a removable protective covering in accordance with claim 1, wherein said composite sheet is for one of a man's shoe, a woman's shoe, a child's shoe, and a baby's shoe.
- 7. An outersole for a shoe having a removable protective covering in accordance with claim 1, wherein said composite sheet is for footwear.
- 8. An outersole for a shoe, said outersole having a toe end and an opposite end and having a removable protective covering, comprising:
- a) a sheet of outersole material, including a ground contact area and a non-ground contact area; and
- b) a sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said sheet of outersole material to form a composite sheet for attaching to a shoe upper to form a shoe, said sheet of protective covering material adhesively attached to said entire outersole from said toe end to said opposite end of said sheet of outersole material, including said ground contact area and said non-ground contact area.
- 9. An outersole in accordance with claim 8, further including a preprinted label applied to said sheet of protective covering material.
- 10. An outersole in accordance with claim 8, further including printed indicia applied to said protective covering material on said composite sheet which is attached to a shoe upper to form a shoe.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/362,907, filed Dec. 23, 1994, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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