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US 12,342,904 B2Granted
Slipper
AssigneeBARC Co., Ltd.
InventorsJustin Byun, Kwang Ho Ahn
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Abstract
Provided is a slipper including an outsole 100 in contact with a floor, a midsole 200 assembled on an upper side of the outsole 100 and supporting a foot of a user, and a balance foam 300 disposed between the outsole 100 and the midsole 200 and made of a memory foam material. The slipper is to be modified to fit a shape of the sole of the foot of the user by placing a balance form between the outsole and the midsole, thereby improving the wearing comfort of the user.
Claims2
A slipper comprising:
- an outsole 100 in contact with a floor;
- a midsole 200 assembled on an upper side of the outsole 100 and supporting a foot of a user;
- and
- a balance foam 300 disposed between the outsole 100 and the midsole 200 and made of a memory foam material,
- wherein the midsole 200 comprises:
- a midbody 210 supporting a sole of the foot of the user;
- a toe cap portion 250 disposed in front of the midbody 210 and covering a part of an instep of the foot of the user;
- an insertion portion 230 that is formed concavely upward from a lower surface 212 of the midbody 210 and into which the balance foam 300 is inserted;
- and
- a cover groove 220 that is inwardly and concavely formed along an outer surface 211 of the midbody 210;
- wherein the outsole 100 comprises:
- an outbody portion 110 that is in close contact with a bottom surface of the midbody 210;
- a cover portion 120 that protrudes upward from an outer edge of the outbody portion 110 and is in close contact with and surrounds the cover groove 220;
- and
- a foam hole 130 disposed below the balance foam 300 and formed through the outbody portion 110 in up and down directions;
- wherein the insertion portion 230 comprises:
- a first insertion portion 231 positioned below a heel bone of the user;
- a second insertion portion 232 positioned below a first metatarsal bone of the user;
- and
- a connection insertion portion 233 connecting the first insertion portion 231 and the second insertion portion 232 to each other;
- wherein the balance foams 300 comprises:
- a first foam 310 inserted into the first insertion portion 231;
- a second foam 320 inserted into the second insertion portion 232;
- and
- a connection foam 330 connecting the first foam 310 and the second foam 320 to each other, the connection foam 330 being inserted into the connection insertion portion 233;
- wherein the foam hole 130 is disposed below the first foam 310;
- wherein the first foam 310 comprises:
- a first foam portion 311 inserted into the first insertion portion 231 and exposed downward through the foam hole 130;
- a second foam portion 312 exposed to an upper surface of the midsole 200;
- and
- a connection foam portion 313 connecting the first foam portion 311 and the second foam portion 312 to each other;
- and
- wherein the midsole 200 comprises:
- an upper insertion portion 236 that is concavely formed downward from an upper surface 202 of the midbody 210 and into which the second foam portion 312 is inserted;
- and
- a connection insertion portion 235 connecting the upper insertion portion 236 and the first insertion portion 231 to each other;
- wherein the first foam portion 311 is disposed below the connection foam portion 313,
- wherein the second foam portion 312 is disposed above the connection foam portion 313;
- and
- wherein a volume and an area of the second foam portion 312 are larger than those of the first foam portion 311.
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