Adidas Ag

Raphael Curet

Benjamin Alexander Thompsett

Adrien Francois Michel Noirhomme

Marc Illan Arana

Andreas Hierl

Quentin Ferrari

Marc Arana Illan

Rohan Abel

Rupert Malein

No Kwang Park

Jose Munoz

Ananda Aditya

An upper for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, comprising a ball contact area comprising a plurality of protrusions. Each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions has an elongated shape with a longitudinal axis, a sole facing side portion and an instep facing side portion. Each protrusion of the plurality of protrusions is elastically bendable such that each protrusion is configured to bend substantially in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal axis upon contact with a ball, and such that each of the plurality of protrusions is configured to bend such that the instep facing side portion touches an outer surface of the upper or an adjacent protrusion of the plurality of protrusions.

Upper for a shoe with a ball contact area

The present invention relates to an upper for a shoe, including an inner layer; an outer layer overlapping the inner layer at least partially; wherein the outer layer includes a plurality of cuts; wherein the inner layer includes a plurality of protrusions; wherein each cut at least partially overlaps at least one protrusion; wherein each protrusion causes an extension in width of its corresponding cut when the shoe is worn.

Multiple layer upper for a shoe

Sole

Shoe

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