Footwear provided with spring means and as such spring means

Abstract

The invention relates to footwear comprising a sole and an upper, which sole is attached to spring means supported on a ground surface, which spring means comprise at least one U-shaped spring element, which is connected to the sole with a first leg and which is supported on the ground surface with the other leg. A drawback of such footwear is that the spring means are constructed with a certain overmeasure in relation to the footwear so as to generate a certain useful spring effect. Adjusting the spring means of said known footwear is complex and cannot be done efficiently. The object of the invention is to provide improved footwear as referred to in the introduction, as well as improved spring means according to the invention, with on the one hand small constructional dimensions while retaining an advantageous spring effect, which is furthermore easier to adjust. According to the invention, the footwear and also the spring means are characterised in that the free end of the first leg of the U-shaped spring element, has a bent shape and can be accommodated with a proper fit in a correspondingly shaped part of the sole.

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