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US 5,174,049 AGranted
Shoe soles having a honeycomb insert and shoes, particularly athletic or rehabilitative shoes, utilizing same
AssigneeTretorn AB
InventorUdo Flemming
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AssigneeTretorn AB
InventorUdo Flemming
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A shoe, in particular an athletic or rehabilitative shoe having a resilient cushioning sole layer within which at least one insert part made of a honeycomb body of elastically compressive material is embedded with its central axes oriented perpendicular to the plane of the sole and honeycomb body. For improved resilient and energy return, the honeycomb body is made so that even the cells on the periphery of the body are closed in a gastight manner. Furthermore, in accordance with certain embodiments, the honeycomb insert is mounted in the shoe in a manner which permits endwise viewing of the cells of the honeycomb insert, while protecting the honeycomb against damaging ground contact during use. The honeycomb body can be embedded as an insert in a midsole or heel wedge layer.
Shoe, in particular an athletic or rehabilitation shoe, with a shoe sole with at least one insert part formed of a planar honeycomb body of elastically compressible material, having gas-filled honeycomb cells with central axes that run at least approximately perpendicular to the plane of the insert, the honeycomb body being made as a self-contained unit having a molded body in which the honeycomb cells are sealed at the periphery of the honeycomb body as well as at upper and lower honeycomb cell openings, and wherein said at least one insert part is located within a cushioning sole layer that is connected to an outsole of the shoe in a manner causing at least top and peripheral sides of the self-contained unit to be enclosed by the cushioning sole material.
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