Shoe and sole fitted with torsion stiffener
AssigneeC.D. Johgenengel Beheer BV
InventorsJohanna Louise Brand, Cornelis Dirk Jongenengel
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Abstract
A shoe comprising a sole having a supporting surface for supporting a foot and an upper connected with the sole for locking a foot onto the supporting surface. The sole comprises an elongated torsion stiffener enhancing resistance to torsion about the longitudinal axis of the sole. The torsion stiffener extends in outward direction diagonally across the sole, such that as the sole is made to roll along the longitudinal axis by the foot, the resistance to outward torsion increases. The invention also relates to a sole.
Claims16
A shoe comprising:
- a sole having a supporting surface for supporting a foot;
- an upper connected with the sole for locking the foot onto the supporting surface;
- the sole further comprising a strip-shaped, elongate torsion stiffener for enhancing resistance to torsion about the longitudinal axis of the sole, characterized in that the torsion stiffener extends diagonally forwards and outward across the sole from the proximal medial side of the sole to the distal lateral side of the sole such that the torsion stiffener extends along a first longitudinal axis and said sole extends along a second longitudinal axis wherein the fist longitudinal axis forms an acute angle with the second longitudinal axis, whereby as the sole is made to roll along the longitudinal axis by the foot, the resistance to torsion increases;
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- wherein the torsion stiffener is substantially in the form of a sheet.
A sole for supporting a foot, comprising a strip-shaped, elongate torsion stiffener for enhancing resistance to torsion about a longitudinal axis of the sole, characterized in that the torsion stiffener extends diagonally forwards and outwards across the sole from a proximal medial side of the sole to a distal lateral side of the sole, such that the torsion stiffener extends along a first longitudinal axis and said sole extends along a second longitudinal axis wherein the first longitudinal axis forms an acute angle with the second longitudinal axis, whereby as the sole is made to roll along the longitudinal axis by the foot, the resistance to torsion increases and wherein the torsion stiffener is substantially in the form of a sheet.
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