Insole of shoe
OwnerTatsuhiko Suenagainventor
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Abstract
An insole for a shoe made of foam resin containing fine bubbles, the thickness of which increases from the portion corresponding to the arch of the foot to the trailing end of the heel to give a slope on said insole, the bottom edge or corner of the heel is cut to provide cavities between the cut surface of the insole and the inner surface of the shoe to allow the insole to be deformed into said cavity due to the load on the insole for guarantee of cushion.
Claims9
A shoe, an insole for insertion in the shoe and a U-shaped cavity around a heel portion between the insole and the shoe when the insole is inserted in the shoe, the insole comprising a resilient substance of foam resin made of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and having fine bubbles therein, wherein a thickness of the insole increases in a longitudinal direction from a front portion of the insole corresponding to an arch of a foot to a rear portion of the insole corresponding to a heel of the foot to give a slope from an uppermost portion of the insole corresponding to the heel to the portion of the insole corresponding to the arch of the foot, the uppermost portion of the insole being between about 15 millimeters and about 35 millimeters higher than a toe portion of the insole, a bottom edge of the insole having a cut surface in at least a heel portion of the insole, the shoe and the cut surface of the insole forming the U-shaped cavity around the heel portion and between the insole and the shoe when the insole is inserted into the shoe, a bottom surface of the insole surroundable by the U-shaped cavity, and forming a continuous plane for completely contacting an inner surface of the shoe, the resilient insole deforming into the cavity when pressure is applied to the insole by the foot to absorb shock.
A shoe, an insole for insertion in the shoe and a U-shaped cavity around a heel portion between the insole and the shoe when the insole is inserted in the shoe, the insole comprising a resilient substance of foam resin made of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and having fine bubbles therein, wherein a thickness of the insole increases in a longitudinal direction from a front portion of the insole corresponding to an arch of a foot to a rear portion of the insole corresponding to a heel of the foot to give a slope from an uppermost portion of the insole corresponding to the heel to the portion of the insole the insole, the cut surface forming the U-shaped cavity between the insole and the shoe when the insole is inserted in the shoe, a part of the bottom edge of the insole corresponding to the arch of the foot having an oblique cut so that a surface of the insole formed by the oblique cut coincides approximately with the curvature of a side wall of the shoe, the insole deforming into the cavity when pressure is applied to the insole by the foot to absorb shock, and a bottom surface of at least the heel portion of the insole forms a continuous plane for completely contacting an inner surface of the shoe.
A shock absorbing footwear assembly, comprising:
- an insole comprising foam resin made of ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymer and having fine bubbles therein, wherein a thickness of the insole increases in a longitudinal direction from a front portion of the insole corresponding to an arch of a foot to a rear portion of the insole corresponding to a heel of the foot to give a slope from an uppermost portion of the insole corresponding to the heel to the portion of the insole corresponding to the arch of the foot, the uppermost portion of the insole being between about 15 millimeters and about 35 millimeters higher than a toe portion of the insole, a bottom edge of the insole having a cut surface in at least a heel portion of the insole, a bottom surface of the insole bounded by the cut surface in at least the heel portion, a part of the bottom edge of the insole corresponding to the arch of the foot having an oblique cut;
- a shoe having a space to accommodate an insole, wherein the bottom surface forms a continuous plane and completely contacts an inner surface of the shoe, and a surface of the insole formed by the oblique cut coincides approximately with the curvature of a side wall of the shoe;
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- a cavity formed in a U-shape around the heel portion of the insole by an inner surface of the shoe and the cut surface in at least the heel portion of the insole, wherein
- the insole deforms into the cavity when pressure is applied to the insole by the foot to absorb shock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.