EP0039685A1 - Semelles - Google Patents

Semelles

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EP0039685A1
EP0039685A1 EP19800901967 EP80901967A EP0039685A1 EP 0039685 A1 EP0039685 A1 EP 0039685A1 EP 19800901967 EP19800901967 EP 19800901967 EP 80901967 A EP80901967 A EP 80901967A EP 0039685 A1 EP0039685 A1 EP 0039685A1
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Prior art keywords
ground
sole
heel
inner layer
hollows
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English (en)
Inventor
Jan(Deceased) Van Tilburg
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VAN TILBURG Jan Willem
VAN TILBURG Roland Henri
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VAN TILBURG Jan Willem
VAN TILBURG Roland Henri
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Publication of EP0039685A1 publication Critical patent/EP0039685A1/fr
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B21/00—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts
    • A43B21/24—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B21/26—Resilient heels
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B13/18—Resilient soles
    • A43B13/181—Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
    • A43B13/184—Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole the structure protruding from the outsole

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to resilient ground-engaging support structures for articles to be moved over the ground, e.g. to shoe soles and mainly to shoe soles and heels of the "shover" type.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic longitudinal section view of part of a conventional "shover" shoe sole
  • Figure 2 is a similar view of part of a "shover” shoe sole according to the invention
  • Figure 3 is a similar view of part of another "shover” shoe sole according to the invention
  • Figure 4a is a similar view of part of a conventional- sculptured shoe sole
  • Figure 4b is a similar view of part of a sculptured shoe sole according to the invention.
  • Figure 5 is a similar view of part of another "shover" shoe sole according to the invention.
  • Figure 6 is a schematic transverse sectional view of the Figure 2 sole;
  • Figure 7 is a schematic longitudinal section view of a
  • Figure 8 is a schematic longitudinal section view of another "shover” shoe sole according to the invention.
  • Conventional shoe soles and/or heels of the "shover” type are flexible moulded bodies which give the shoe, and therefore the foot, a forward impetus or impulse, as explained with reference to Figure 1 wherein 1 is part of the sole, 2 are ridges and/or studs, and the arrow indicates the direction of forward movement.
  • the shoe When a shoe provided with such a sole touches and is pressed onto the ground, the shoe moves slightly forward relative to the contact surfaces between the ridges and the ground 3, so that the ridges, because of their shape, bend backwards relative to the remainder of the sole.
  • a shoe with a sole according to the aforementioned principle is a very comfortable walking shoe.
  • One of its main disadvantages is the inherent poor resistance to wear of the sole. This is because, as soon as the foot is lifted from the ground, the usually rather soft ridges will immediately relax into their uncompressed state and, in doing so, trail over the ground. Therefore, the advantages of the aforementioned sole will rapidly diminish with time, unless one uses a relatively hard material or large contact surfaces 3, each of which defeats the object of flexibility and comfort.
  • the present invention can retain the advantages of aforementioned conventional "shover" sole, but reduce or avoid its disadvantages.
  • the present invention provides a footwear sole or heel having a continuous or discontinuous ground-engaging surface layer spaced from an inner layer by resilient walls which define hollows with the surface and inner layers; this structure can be such (with the resilient walls and hollows extending obliquely from the inner layer at least when the sole or heel engages the ground in use) as to impart to the sole or heel an impetus in a desired direction on disengagement from the ground.
  • FIG. 2 the solid ridges or studs 2 of Figure 1 are replaced by hollow ridges or studs 6, the hollows or cavities 4 being defined between inner layer 5 and the resilient walls 10, 11 and troughs 8 of a corrugated sheet; the crests 7 of the latter sheet are preferably sealed to inner layer 5 and its troughs 8 provide at least part of the discontinuous ground-engaging layer 9 of the sole.
  • the cavities 4 may be filled with air, or with flexible plastics or rubber foam.
  • Figure 2 makes it possible to employ a very hard-wearing rubber or plastics material for the ridges or studs without losing flexibility and comfort. It also makes it feasible to use relatively large contact surfaces 8. Moreover, the thickness of the trough walls 9 and/or that of the forward walls 11 may be greater than that of the rearward walls 10.
  • Figure 3 Another embodiment of the invention is shown in Figure 3 wherein the top part (inner layer and resilient walls) of the sole 12 is like the sole of Figure 1, the bottom part 13 being a conventional sole of any desired material or type, the two parts being sealed together.
  • material for the sole and its ridges or studs one may use rubber, polyurethane, etc.; one may use different matexials for different parts, e.g. rubber for 12 ( Figure 3) and polyurethane for 13.
  • the cavities 4 are preferably closed laterally, e.g. at eadi side, so that the cavities are substantially completely enclosed all round.
  • Figure 5 shows another embodiment of a "shover" shoe sole according to the invention; in the various Figures of the drawings like reference numerals denote like parts.
  • the top part 21 (inner layer) of one or more of the cavities in soles according to the invention may be porous or perforate, providing a comfortable ventilated shoe.
  • a shoe may have only its heel equipped according to the invention, e.g. in the cases where the heel is below the level of the front part of the sole. It can be desirable, in any shoe embodiment according to the invention, to have the hollow ridges and/or studs on the heel act contrary to those on the sole (i.e. the heel cavities incline in the opposite sense to that of the sole cavities).
  • the lateral walls of the hollows 4 need not be vertical; they may taper towards the ground (as at 23 in Figure 6) or away from the ground.
  • the inner layer, ground-engaging layer and resilient walls may form an integral sole or heel according to the invention.
  • the present invention is not limited in its application to footwear, e.g. to shoe, boot etc. soles and heels, but is applicable generally as a ground-engaging support structure for any article to be moved over the ground; thus a "rocking horse” or other rocking toy, provided with a sole or soles like that of any of Figures 2 , 3 , 4b, 5, 6 and 8 has a forward motion; Figure 7 illustrates such a toy, the double arrow indicating the direction of movement.
  • the walls 33 could be arranged in such a way, that the toy, whilst rocking, goes round in a circle; one way of achieving this, is to provide one part of the "sole” with forward movement and another with rearward movement. Jumping toys provided with such a "sole”, (flat or curved as in Figure 7) also have forward-moving properties.
  • the invention also provides resilient ground-engaging support structure for an article to move over the ground, the structure having a continuous or discontinuous ground- engaging surface layer spaced from an inner layer by resilient walls which define hollows with the surface and inner layers, the hollows extending obliquely from the inner layer at least when the structure engages the ground in use whereby the structure imparts impetus to the article in a desired direction over the ground when disengaging from the ground.

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Abstract

Structure elastique de contact avec le sol pour un article destine a se deplacer sur le sol, par exemple une semelle ou un talon de chaussure, cette structure se composant d'une couche de surface de contact avec le sol (8), continue ou discontinue, separee d'une couche interne (5) par des parois elastiques (10, 11) qui definissent des cavites (4) avec la surface (8) et les couches internes (5), les cavites (4) s'etendant obliquement depuis la couche interne (5) au moins lorsque la structure est en prise avec le sol pendant l'utilisation, la structure exercant ainsi une poussee sur l'article dans une direction desiree sur le sol au moment ou l'article se separe de celui-ci.
EP19800901967 1979-11-03 1980-11-03 Semelles Withdrawn EP0039685A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

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GB7938140 1979-11-03
GB7938140 1979-11-03

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