EP2508092A2 - Fußausgleichsvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP2508092A2
EP2508092A2 EP12161656A EP12161656A EP2508092A2 EP 2508092 A2 EP2508092 A2 EP 2508092A2 EP 12161656 A EP12161656 A EP 12161656A EP 12161656 A EP12161656 A EP 12161656A EP 2508092 A2 EP2508092 A2 EP 2508092A2
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adjustment element
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balance device
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foot balance
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Tzann-Yuh Tzeng
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Rapha Shoes International Co Ltd
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    • 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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B1/00—Footwear characterised by the material
    • A43B1/0081—Footwear characterised by the material made at least partially of hook-and-loop type material 
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/38—Built-in insoles joined to uppers during the manufacturing process, e.g. structural insoles; Insoles glued to shoes during the manufacturing process
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B19/00—Shoe-shaped inserts; Inserts covering the instep
    • A43B19/005—Weighted inserts for shoes, i.e. insert comprising an additional weight
    • 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
    • A43B7/1415—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 characterised by the location under the foot
    • A43B7/142—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 characterised by the location under the foot situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
    • 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
    • A43B7/1415—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 characterised by the location under the foot
    • A43B7/143—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 characterised by the location under the foot situated under the lateral arch, i.e. the cuboid bone
    • 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

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  • the present invention generally relates to a foot balance device that adjusts force distribution on human foot and is particularly applicable to leather shoes, sports shoes, loafers, high-heal shoes, and the likes.
  • Such a compensation effect is an interaction induced between bones and muscles and such an interaction between bones and muscles may easily lead to improper motions and gestures when humans are standing and walking. Such improper motions and gestures may make bones and muscles losing balance and as a consequence, the chronic pans discussed above, as well as other sours and pains, may occur.
  • the perfect condition is that the force that the heel and the sole take is uniformly distributed and the support to the total body weight is substantially at a center of the sole, as shown in FIG 1 , whereby the bone and muscle systems may be kept at a neutral and balanced position when a person is standing or walking.
  • the sole is subjected to influence of the design of shoes. When the heel unduly applies a force, the heal may be hurt and the shoe heal get damaged.
  • a conventional solution that a podiatrist or a shoe manufacturer may take is to add a post in the shoe, or place an elastic material in a cavity formed in the shoe heel, or adopt a design of heel cup.
  • such solutions may sometimes cause an increase of force applied to the heel or sole, making it impossible to resolve the problems. This is because that those know solutions including post, elastic material, and heel cup, although changing the improper gesture caused by non-uniform distribution of force on the heel and sole, cannot be effectively decrease the pressure acting on the heel and sole.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the drawbacks of the conventional solution for adjusting pressure acting on foot by providing a foot balance device of which a detailed description of a preferred embodiment will be given as follows.
  • the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a foot balance device that makes force applied to the heel and sole of a foot distributed uniformly
  • Another objective of the present invention is to provide a foot balance device that is readily combinable with various types of shoes.
  • a further objective of the present invention is to provide a foot balance device that helps protecting a foot from being hurt and improving the sense of comfortableness.
  • the present invention provides a foot balance device that comprises at least one adjustment element arranged at a position between a front sole and a rear heel.
  • the adjustment element comprises a support point having a bottom surface that is provided with a coupling section.
  • the coupling section functions to couple to a corresponding position in a shoe or on a shoe pad.
  • the present invention provides a foot balance device, comprising: a shoe pad and at least one adjustment element.
  • the adjustment element forms a support point having a bottom surface that is provided with a coupling section.
  • the coupling section is coupleable to a top surface of the shoe pad between a front sole and a rear heel, whereby force is made uniformly acting along a circumference of the adjustment element to protect the foot from being hurt and improve the sense of comfortableness.
  • the present invention provides a foot balance device, comprising: a shoe pad and at least one adjustment element.
  • the adjustment element forms a support point having a bottom surface that is provided with a coupling section.
  • the coupling section is coupleable to a bottom surface of the shoe pad between a front sole and a rear heel, whereby force is made uniformly acting along a circumference of the adjustment element to protect the foot from being hurt and improve the sense of comfortableness.
  • the at least one adjustment element is of a shape of one of a circle, an ellipse, and a rectangle.
  • the at least one adjustment element is of one of a raised surface, a circular-curved surface, a semi-circular-curved surface, and an irregular surface.
  • the at least one adjustment element has one side that is provided with adhesive or double-sided adhesive tape.
  • the at least one adjustment element is coupled inside a shoe and is covered by a shoe pad °
  • the present invention provides the following advantages:
  • the present invention comprises at least one adjustment element 10, and the adjustment element 10 forms a support point.
  • the adjustment element 10 has a bottom surface that is provided with a coupling section 11 for coupling purposes.
  • the support point is of a shape of any of a circle, an ellipse, and a rectangle. Further, the support point has a top surface that is any one of a raised surface, a circular-curved surface, a semi-circular-curved surface, and an irregular surface.
  • the coupling section 11 can be any one of adhesive, double-sided adhesive tape, and hook-and-loop fastener. In the instant embodiment, an example having a circular shape, a raised surface, and double-sided adhesive tape is described for illustration purposes.
  • the adjustment element 10 is placed in a shoe at a location corresponding to a middle portion of a foot between inside arch and outside arch between the front sole and the rear heel. A user may take trials of putting on the shoe to adjust the final position of the adjustment element 10. After the position adjustment, the adjustment element 10 can be fixed in position inside the shoe by the double-sided adhesive tape.
  • FIGS. 4 , 5 , and 9 a second example of use of the embodiment according to the present invention is illustrated, which comprises a shoe pad 20 and at least one adjustment element 10.
  • the shoe pad 20 is divided into and composed of a sole section, a heel section, and an arch section 21.
  • the adjustment element 10 forms a support point.
  • the adjustment element 10 has a bottom surface that is provided with a coupling section 11, which is in the example, a piece of double-sided adhesive tape, for coupling purposes. Also referring to FIGS.
  • the adjustment element 10 is arranged on four circumferential portions of front side, rear side, left side, and right side of the arch section 21 of the surface of the shoe pad 20 according to the preference and convenience of a user, whereby adjustment element 10, when used by a user, serves as a fulcrum of leverage, allowing of frontward, rearward, leftward, and/or rightward movement according to the height of shoe heel to induce a seesaw effect between the foot heel and sole and thereby uniformly distributing pressure on the foot, as shown in FIG 8 . Further, referring to FIG 11 , the adjustment element 10 can also be coupled by the coupling section 11 to a proper frontward, rearward, leftward, or rightward location on the back surface of the arch section 21 of the shoe pad 20 to achieve the same effect.
  • an embodiment of the present invention may comprise a shoe pad and at least one adjustment element.
  • the shoe pad is divided into and composed of a sole section, a heel section, and an arch section.
  • the adjustment element serves as a support point for the front sole section in order to make balance of the sole between left and right sides.
  • the adjustment element serves as a balance support point of the sole section and the heel section.
  • the adjustment element serves as a horizontal support point of the foot.
  • the adjustment element serves as a support point of the inside arch.
  • the adjustment element serves as a support point of the outside arch.
  • the adjustment element is the preferred embodiment of shoe pad.
  • the show pad is divided into a sole section, a fulcrum of leverage, and a heel section.
  • the pressure can be uniformly distributed on the foot sole.
  • the gravity center of the body does not shift frontward or rearward, so that the user may naturally take a chin-up and chest-out posture thereby achieving the best result of the present invention.
  • the adjustment element 10 can also be coupled inside a shoe 30 by the coupling section 11 at a location corresponding to the foot arch (by first lifting up the shoe pad 20 received in the shoe 30). The shoe pad 20 is then put back into the shoe 30 to cover the adjustment element 10.

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