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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Louis Garneau Sports Inc, St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
Louis Garneau, Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, CA;
René Plourde, Québec, CA;
LOUIS GARNEAU SPORTS INC, Quebec, CA;
Abstract
A cycling shoe comprises a sole defining an undersurface of the cycling shoe, the sole having connection holes configured for connection of a pedal cleat to the sole. An upper is connected to the sole and defining with the sole a foot-receiving cavity. An expansion zone is located in a lateral or medial subportion of a metatarsal portion and/or toe portion of the cycling shoe and configured to be opposite a portion of at least a fifth metatarsal of a wearer of the cycling shoe, the expansion zone being entirely surrounded by a window of structural upper paneling and defined by at least one panel having a greater stretching characteristics than the structural upper paneling of the window.