EP2368454A1 - Semelle intérieure ou support de pied pour chaussure - Google Patents

Semelle intérieure ou support de pied pour chaussure Download PDF

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EP2368454A1
EP2368454A1 EP10425086A EP10425086A EP2368454A1 EP 2368454 A1 EP2368454 A1 EP 2368454A1 EP 10425086 A EP10425086 A EP 10425086A EP 10425086 A EP10425086 A EP 10425086A EP 2368454 A1 EP2368454 A1 EP 2368454A1
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insole
footbed
insertion elements
footwear
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Roberto Benozzi
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Nemea Srl
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B17/00—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined
    • A43B17/04—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined with metal insertions or coverings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
    • A43B7/1405—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form
    • A43B7/1455—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties
    • A43B7/1464—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties with adjustable pads to allow custom fit
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/14—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts
    • A43B7/1405—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form
    • A43B7/1455—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties
    • A43B7/1464—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties with adjustable pads to allow custom fit
    • A43B7/1469—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form with special properties with adjustable pads to allow custom fit adjustable by selectively fastening or securing into multiple available positions
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/36—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with earthing or grounding means

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  • the present invention refers to an insole or footbed for footwear, particularly suitable to favour blood circulation or for the therapy of plantar reflexology.
  • the insole provides the possibility of selectively positioning one or more inserts that make it possible to lend to the insole itself characteristics that are suitable to stimulate blood circulation in the foot or to carry out a plantar reflexology treatment on the user.
  • plantar reflexology is a particular type of treatment that is carried out through the stimulation, by excitation of the nerve endings, of specific internal organs of the human body through the application of a slight pressure on suitable points or sensitive areas of the sole of the foot, definite therapeutic points, to each of which corresponds, by reflex, an internal organ.
  • One of the manners of carrying out said treatment consists of using particular insoles, that may be inserted inside the footwear, which on the surface that faces the sole of the foot are provided with one of more areas in relief corresponding to the point or points on which pressure is to be exerted.
  • Patent application IT VR2007A000129 concerns an insole or footbed provided with means for reflexology and consisting of a lower part and an upper part than can be detachably associated with each other; on the upper part are provided, with a predefined mapping arrangement, a plurality of holes or openings to allow the insertion of suitable copper inserts or lugs, which remain locked in resting position on the lower part, which is made of an electrically conductive material such as carbon.
  • the lower part consists of a layer of conductive fabric of carbon fibre and a support layer of cotton fabric, or similar materials, glued to each other.
  • a drawback of such known solution consists of the fact that the repeated flexures of the insole when the user is walking weaken the lower part of the insole to the point of causing the breaking of the carbon fibre fabric; this shortcoming is particularly dangerous for the user because the breakage of the carbon fibre fabric leads to the formation of sharp parts that could cause accidental injuries in the user, especially during the handling of the insoles to replace the inserts or to vary their position.
  • a further drawback results from the presence, inside the footwear containing the insole, of harmful vapours emitted by the bonding agent joining the two fabrics due to the heat developed by the foot inside the shoe. These vapours can be absorbed by the user's skin, with consequences such as for example skin or allergic reactions, considerably harmful for the user's health.
  • the main objective of the subject matter of the present invention is therefore to devise an insole or footbed for footwear capable of resolving the drawbacks of the known art.
  • one purpose of the present invention is to devise an insole or footbed for footwear, particularly suitable to favour blood circulation in the foot or for the plantar reflexology therapy, capable of guaranteeing greater flexural resistance to fatigue to eliminate, or at any rate considerably reduce, the risk of breakage of the conductive fabric due to repeated flexures.
  • Another purpose is to devise an insole in which the components are capable of also standing up to high temperatures without the risk of irreparably compromising the integrity and the use of the same insole.
  • Yet another purpose is to devise an insole that is free of potentially harmful substances for the health of the user.
  • An equally important purpose is to devise an insole or footbed for footwear that achieves the above-mentioned task and objectives at competitive costs and that can be made with the usual known systems, machines and equipment.
  • the insole or footbed according to the present invention includes substantially a first portion 1, on which the user's foot rests when in use, and a second portion 2 facing the internal sole, when the insole is placed inside the footwear; the first portion 1 and the second portion 2 can be associated with each other by means of removable connecting means, such as for example a plurality of hook-and-loop adhesive tape elements commercially known with the trademark Velcro ® , each formed by a part 3A applied on the first portion 1 and, correspondingly, another part 3B applied on the second portion 2.
  • removable connecting means such as for example a plurality of hook-and-loop adhesive tape elements commercially known with the trademark Velcro ® , each formed by a part 3A applied on the first portion 1 and, correspondingly, another part 3B applied on the second portion 2.
  • the plurality of holes or openings 4 allows the introduction of one or more insertion elements 5, preferably made of metal, advantageously copper, due to its therapeutic and electrical conductivity properties, which elements protrude from the first portion 1 toward the user's foot and are held in position by the second portion 2 once it has been removably connected to the first portion 1 through the detachable connecting means 3A, 3B.
  • One part of the insertion elements 5 is advantageously made in the form of lugs comprising a base 6 from which extends a dome-like projection 7, which can be inserted in a hole of the plurality of holes 4 and protrudes from the first portion 1, while another part (not shown in the enclosed drawings) is made in the form of a small plug, and therefore with a short section that extends from the base but remains at the level of the first portion 1, to close the unused holes 4 and still maintain the characteristic of electrical conductivity of the insole, as will be better explained later.
  • the second portion 2 must have characteristics of electrical conductivity in order to discharge the electrostatic energy accumulated by the user's body, and for this purpose it includes a conductive material which, advantageously, consists of carbon applied to a support fabric.
  • the carbon is used in the form of yarn applied by embroidery 8 directly on the support fabric 9 of cotton or similar material.
  • the embroidery 8 includes a plurality of lines 8A joining a plurality of nodes 8B located substantially in correspondence of the plurality of holes 4, and therefore in correspondence of the therapeutic points of the sole of the foot, where the part of the insertion elements 5 protruding from the first portion is to be inserted.
  • the insole is made electrically conductive in an optimum manner, and therefore is capable of discharging the electrostatic energy of the user's body, through the contact between the insertion elements 5, preferably made of copper, and the nodes 8B of the conductive material, preferably carbon.
  • the electrical conductivity is also guaranteed in the holes 4 not used for the particular therapy desired, thanks to the plugging of the same holes 4 by the part of the insertion elements 5 that do not protrude from the first portion 1.
  • an insole or footbed for footwear has been devised, that is particularly suitable to favour the circulation of the blood in the foot or for the plantar reflexology therapy, capable of guaranteeing greater flexural resistance to fatigue to eliminate, or at any rate considerably reduce, the risk of breakage of the conductive fabric due to repeated flexures, thanks to the conductive part being made of carbon yard rather than carbon fibre.
  • the elasticity of the embroidery enables the insole to withstand a considerably higher and practically infinite number of flexural cycles (apart from the wearing down of the fabrics), compared to the currently known insoles used for reflexology.
  • the application of a carbon yarn by embroidery directly on the support fabric makes it possible to join these parts without the need of using bonding agents.
  • the absence of adhesive makes it possible to achieve a two-fold advantage: in the first place, the resistance of the insole to relatively high temperatures, or to variations in temperature, is considerably improved, as there is no occurrence of separations of the components, thus making it possible to maintain the integrity of the insole unaffected.
  • the use of the insole is not in any way harmful for the health of the user, thanks to the complete absence of potentially harmful chemical substances, such as the bonding agent.

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Cited By (3)

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GB2514168A (en) * 2013-05-16 2014-11-19 Heel 2 Toe Ltd Insole
WO2019133662A1 (fr) * 2017-12-28 2019-07-04 Under Armour, Inc. Articles de chaussures à plaque renforcée de fibres et procédés de fabrication
WO2022039686A1 (fr) * 2020-08-19 2022-02-24 Sevim Funda Chaussure anti-coronavirus

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DE3432629A1 (de) * 1984-09-05 1986-03-13 Ingo 4800 Bielefeld Pietsch Schuheinlegesohle aus leder
EP0300225A2 (fr) * 1987-07-22 1989-01-25 Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG Semelle intérieure pour chaussures, en particulier semelle intercalaire
DE9001492U1 (de) * 1990-02-09 1990-05-23 Dimitrov, Pentcho, Dr., 5270 Gummersbach Schuh, insbesondere Sandale, mit auf der Fußseite genoppter Sohle
DE4406063A1 (de) * 1994-02-24 1995-08-31 Prodomo Sa Einlegesohle

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DE3432629A1 (de) * 1984-09-05 1986-03-13 Ingo 4800 Bielefeld Pietsch Schuheinlegesohle aus leder
EP0300225A2 (fr) * 1987-07-22 1989-01-25 Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG Semelle intérieure pour chaussures, en particulier semelle intercalaire
DE9001492U1 (de) * 1990-02-09 1990-05-23 Dimitrov, Pentcho, Dr., 5270 Gummersbach Schuh, insbesondere Sandale, mit auf der Fußseite genoppter Sohle
DE4406063A1 (de) * 1994-02-24 1995-08-31 Prodomo Sa Einlegesohle

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2514168A (en) * 2013-05-16 2014-11-19 Heel 2 Toe Ltd Insole
WO2019133662A1 (fr) * 2017-12-28 2019-07-04 Under Armour, Inc. Articles de chaussures à plaque renforcée de fibres et procédés de fabrication
US10743608B2 (en) 2017-12-28 2020-08-18 Under Armour, Inc. Fiber reinforced plate for articles of footwear and methods of making
US11058172B2 (en) 2017-12-28 2021-07-13 Under Armour, Inc. Fiber reinforced plate for articles of footwear and methods of making
WO2022039686A1 (fr) * 2020-08-19 2022-02-24 Sevim Funda Chaussure anti-coronavirus

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