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US 2014/0173945 A1Published application
Footbed and method for making the same
OwnerKou-Bin LINinventor
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Abstract
A footbed has a rigid shell and a soft body. The rigid shell has a shell body and a supporting portion. The shell body has a rear portion, a middle portion, and a front portion that are connected sequentially. The supporting portion protrudes from the rim of the rear portion. Each portion has an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face. The soft body has a top face and a bottom face opposite to the top face, and the bottom face is laminated with each inner face of each portion. Hardness of the rigid shell is higher than hardness of the soft body, and the rigid shell and the soft body are integrally formed by heating a fabric of vertical fibers. A method for making the footbed is also provided.
Claims19
A footbed comprising:
- a rigid shell comprising:
- a shell body comprising a rear portion, a middle portion, and a front portion, wherein the rear portion, the middle portion and the front portion are connected sequentially, and the rear portion, the middle portion and the front portion respectively have an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face;
- a supporting portion protruding from a rim of the rear portion, and the supporting portion has an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face;
- a soft body comprising a top face and a bottom face opposite to the top face, wherein the bottom face is laminated with each inner face of the rear portion, the middle portion, the front portion and the supporting portion;
- and
- wherein hardness of the rigid shell is higher than hardness of the soft body, and the rigid shell and the soft body are integrally formed by heating a fabric of vertical fibers.
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A method for making a footbed comprising:
- a rigid shell comprising:
- a shell body comprising a rear portion, a middle portion, and a front portion, wherein the rear portion, the middle portion and the front portion are connected sequentially, and the rear portion, the middle portion and the front portion respectively have an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face;
- a supporting portion protruding from a rim of the rear portion, and the supporting portion has an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face;
- a soft body comprising a top face and a bottom face opposite to the top face, wherein the bottom face is laminated with each inner face of the rear portion, the middle portion, the front portion and the supporting portion;
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- wherein hardness of the rigid shell is higher than hardness of the soft body;
- and the method comprises steps of:
- providing a fabric of vertical fibers;
- providing a mold, wherein the mold has a shape corresponding to a shape of the footbed, and the mold has a heating surface;
- placing the fabric of vertical fibers into the mold to abut against the heating surface;
- heating the heating surface of the mold to a temperature ranging from 160 to 200° C. to heat the fabric of vertical fibers, and then obtaining the footbed;
- and
- wherein the rigid shell is formed between the soft body and the heating surface.
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A method for making a footbed comprising:
- a rigid shell comprising:
- a shell body comprising a rear portion, a middle portion, and a front portion, wherein the rear portion, the middle portion and the front portion are connected sequentially, and the rear portion, the middle portion and the front portion respectively have an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face;
- a supporting portion protruding from a rim of the rear portion, and the supporting portion has an inner face and an outer face opposite to the inner face;
- a soft body comprising a top face and a bottom face opposite to the top face, wherein the bottom face is laminated with each inner face of the rear portion, the middle portion, the front portion and the supporting portion;
- a fabric layer attached to the top face of the soft body;
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- wherein hardness of the rigid shell is higher than hardness of the soft body and the middle portion of the shell body is an upward arch toward the soft body for fitting the foot arch formed in the middle of a foot sole of a human;
- and the method comprises steps of :
- providing a fabric of vertical fibers;
- providing a fabric layer and then laminating the fabric layer with the fabric of vertical fibers to obtain a fabric of vertical fibers with the fabric layer;
- providing a mold, wherein the mold has a shape corresponding to a shape of the footbed, and the mold has a heating surface;
- placing the fabric of vertical fibers with the fabric layer into the mold to abut against the heating surface;
- heating the heating surface of the mold to a temperature ranging from 160 to 200° C. to heat the fabric of vertical fibers with the fabric layer, and then obtaining the footbed;
- and
- wherein the rigid shell is formed between the soft body and the heating surface.
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