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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2014
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, JP;
Yoshihisa Uchikawa, Wakayama, JP;
Masamitsu Ikenaka, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an instep cover in which various designs can be provided on a side surface portion of the instep cover even when a shoelace holding section is provided, and a shoe upper including the instep cover. In a shoe upper () configuring a shoe, an instep cover () that covers a portion on an instep side of a wearer includes a slit (S) extending from a foot insertion opening for the wearer to insert a foot toward a toe, and a shoelace holding section () that holds a shoelace for adjusting a spacing of the slit (S). The shoelace holding section () includes a holding unit (U) configured by a hole () formed in a slit edge region () that shapes the slit (S), and an annular strap () being formed to an annular shape by connecting one end and the other end of a lace-like body to the slit edge region () and having a length that can be pulled out from the hole () when an intermediate portion of the lace-like body is brought to a position of the hole ().