Modular insoles
AssigneePeridot Print LLC
InventorsDavinia Font Calafell, Bernat Poll Crespo, Cristina Dominguez Manchado, Lluis Hierro Domenech, Jordi Casellas Lopez
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Abstract
A modular insole for an article of footwear is disclosed. The modular insole comprises a shell portion having a first surface arranged to face a foot of a wearer of the article of footwear and a second surface arranged to face away from the foot of the wearer; and a stiffening element capable of being removably coupled to the second surface of the shell portion and arranged to modify a stiffness of the modular insole when the stiffening element is coupled to the shell portion. A method and a machine-readable medium are also disclosed.
Claims6
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving biomechanical data relating to a foot of a subject;
- generating, based on the received biomechanical data:
- first design data defining build parameters of a shell portion of an insole for an article of footwear;
- second design data defining build parameters of an insole arch stiffener of the insole, the insole arch stiffener removably couplable to the shell portion, wherein the build parameters of the insole arch stiffener include parameters to modify a stiffness of the insole when the insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion;
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- third design data defining build parameters of a replacement insole arch stiffener removably couplable to the shell portion, wherein the build parameters of the replacement insole arch stiffener include parameters to modify the stiffness of the insole when the replacement insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion;
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- operating an additive manufacturing apparatus to generate the shell portion of the insole according to the first design data, the insole arch stiffener according to the second design data, and the replacement insole arch stiffener according to the third design data,
- wherein either the insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion or the replacement insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion at a given time, such that the insole is comprised of the shell portion and the insole arch stiffener or the replacement insole arch stiffener that is currently coupled to the shell portion,
- and wherein the replacement insole arch stiffener modifies the stiffness of the insole differently than the insole arch stiffener.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to perform processing comprising:
- receiving biomechanical data relating to a foot of a subject;
- generating, based on the received biomechanical data:
- first design data defining build parameters of a shell portion of an insole for an article of footwear;
- second design data defining build parameters of an insole arch stiffener of the insole, the insole arch stiffener removably couplable to the shell portion, wherein the build parameters of the insole arch stiffener include parameters to modify a stiffness of the insole when the insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion;
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- third design data defining build parameters of a replacement insole arch stiffener removably couplable to the shell portion of the insole, wherein the build parameters of the replacement insole arch stiffener include parameters to modify the stiffness of the insole when the replacement insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion instead of the insole arch stiffener;
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- operating an additive manufacturing apparatus to generate the shell portion of the insole according to the first design data and to generate the insole arch stiffener according to the second design data,
- wherein the insole is initially comprised of the shell portion and the insole arch stiffener currently coupled to the shell portion,
- wherein the replacement insole arch stiffener is to replace the insole arch stiffener in the insole, such that at a given time either the insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion or the replacement insole arch stiffener is coupled to the shell portion, and
- wherein the replacement insole arch stiffener modifies the stiffness of the insole differently than the insole arch stiffener having the build parameters defined by the second design data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.