ES1067342U - Flexible platform for footwear (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Flexible platform for footwear, which protects the foot and massage your plant, characterized because it is constituted by a set of wooden prismatic modules or pieces (1) of varying thickness and variable number, each of which forms a part or portion (2 ") of a support base (2) of the foot, said parts (1) presenting on the upper face the chamfered vertices (3) and the rounded edges (4), while its surface (5) is capable of forming a recess and/or a shoulder in correspondence with the anatomical area of the foot sole, the modular set of pieces of wood (1) being available to be combined in an appropriate way and to configure channels or aeration passages between them (6) that determine a differential mobility of the pieces in the support of the foot. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Flexible platform for footwear.

The invention consists of a flexible platform for footwear, of general application in the footwear industry and for private domestic use in people's footwear, which It consists of a modular set of pieces of wood whose mobility in contact with the user's feet causes a smooth massage that favors blood circulation which results in a general well-being of the person, while reducing the perspiration of the feet when configured between the modules air ducts that cool the soles of the feet.

The flexible platform for footwear, object of the invention has the peculiarity of being constituted by a set of prismatic pieces of wood each of which presents the configuration of a part or portion of the platform, so that the attached pieces are properly combined they constitute the base of support of the foot, for whose effect said pieces of wood have a perfect configuration adaptable to the sole of the foot so that the support is made with softness and without undue friction.

The pieces or modules thus configured can be joined by glued directly on a rubber sole, rubber or similar flexible and resistant to friction with the ground, or they can be joined together by cords or similar that allow to hold the pieces together both longitudinally and as crosswise.

These pieces of wood when joined together by cords or the like they carry on their underside attached a flexible rubber protective layer to cushion the weight of the person and a second layer of friction resistant rubber that It is in contact with the ground. These two layers of protection bottom of each of the pieces of wood, may be molded into a single body and / or on the basis of said pieces of wood.

In the current state of the art the  existence of footwear whose sole is made of wood as is the case with clogs or other types of special footwear that are very beneficial for the feet being a more natural material than the rubber or rubber

This type of footwear has the disadvantage of that the wooden sole obtained in one piece is more heavy to wear for the user that leather soles or rubber and also is more expensive to manufacture and less aesthetic for a certain type of footwear.

On the other hand the wooden soles known to being obtained in a single integral body does not create any effect of massage on the user's feet and therefore does not create any special well-being in the user.

It is also known by the art the  existence of rubber or rubber soles endowed with their surface a plurality of protrusions or flexible tips so that in contact with the foot they create a massage action that stimulates circulation of the blood.

However, these types of soles have the inconvenience of not being breathable which causes sweating of the feet being uncomfortable for the user due to this effect, as well as the fact that the material is stuck in the plant or warps by perspiration itself making it difficult to walk to there is not enough aeration for the feet.

To solve these inconveniences the invention brings to the market a flexible platform for footwear that it has some wooden modules in contact with the foot variable configuration that form air passages that avoid foot perspiration and are trained to move every module differently causing a foot massage that It favors the circulation of blood.

For this purpose, the flexible platform for footwear is characterized because it is constituted by a set of modules or prismatic pieces of wood of different thickness and in variable number, each of which configures a part or portion of a foot support base, presenting said pieces by upper face chamfered vertices and edges rounded, while its surface is likely to conform a recess and / or a shoulder in correspondence with the anatomical area of the sole of the foot, the modular assembly of wooden pieces to combine properly and configure each other channels or aeration steps that also determine differential mobility of the pieces in the foot support.

The invention is also characterized in that the set of modules or pieces of wood are assembled in combination and ordered to form the foot support base on a rubber sole or similar to which the wooden pieces are attached by conventional gluing on an already formed sole or during the sole molding operation.

The invention is also characterized in that the  set of modules or pieces of wood to constitute a base of foot support, are joined together by cords, elastic or similar that pass through the modules through some holes capable of presenting the pieces of wood in the direction longitudinally and transversely at different height of the piece of wood.

In this case each module or piece of wood that they are joined by cords behaves attached by their lower face to the  less a flexible rubber layer and another more compact rubber layer of contact with the ground, being able to conform both layers in one piece in the same molding operation.

For more understanding of it so far exposed, is accompanied by the present specification of a game of drawings in which the object of the invention is shown, without that it should be understood that the graphic representation referred to constitutes a limitation of the peculiar characteristics of this request.

Figure 1.- Represents a perspective view. of a set of modules or pieces of wood, each of the which presents the shape of a portion or part of the support base for one foot

Figure 2.- Shows a perspective view where the set of modules or pieces of wood are mounted and united on a sole.

Figure 3.- Illustrates a perspective view where the set of modules or pieces of wood are joined between yes using cords and the bottom base of each of the modules They have rubber layers.

The following are detailed and list the different components that make up the seal perfected, object of the invention.

Looking at the first figure it turns out easily appreciable that flexible platform for footwear is constituted by a set of modules or pieces of wood (1) in number variable, each of which presents the outline and shape of a part or portion (2 ') of a support base (2) for the foot.

Each of these pieces of wood presents chamfers (3) at the vertices of at least the upper face, as well as  it also presents its rounded edges (4), while the surface of said face can form a concavity (5) of anatomical coupling to the sole of the foot, as well as some protrusion or elevation to save the unevenness of the arc zone plant.

All this is arranged so that combined the pieces of wood (1) in the proper way to configure the support base (2), some pieces are determined between aeration channels or passages (6) that favor mobility different from the pieces in the foot support.

If you look at the second figure you can note that the set of modules or pieces of wood (1) are mounted in a combined and orderly manner to constitute the support base (2) of the foot on a rubber sole (7) or similar to the one left joined the pieces of wood by its inferior face by means of pasted on the sole already formed or the pieces are glued on The same sole molding operation.

Likewise if we look at figure three the set of modules or pieces of wood (1) to constitute a base support (2) for the foot are joined together by rope cords, elastic cords or the like (8), which cross the different pieces of wood through through holes (9) longitudinally and other through holes (10) in the direction cross section made at a different height from the piece of wood or module not to interfere with the pin elements.

Each of the modules or pieces of wood that are joined in the manner described in the third figure, behave at least one layer of flexible rubber bonded on its underside (11) and another more compact rubber layer (12) of contact with the soil, being able to conform both layers in a single piece obtained in the same molding operation.

This rubber insulation allows the pieces of wood do not suffer wear by direct friction with the floor or pavement, while avoiding excessive noise that could produce direct rubbing of the wood with said soil.

The figures represented should not be limiting the invention, since the number of wood modules represented can be variable, and therefore each row Transverse pieces could be formed into one piece or combine a row of one piece with others of several pieces or any other modular composition of pieces that combined determine a platform for foot support in the claimed conditions.

Claims (4)

1. Flexible platform for footwear, which allows to protect the foot and massage its floor, characterized in that it is constituted by a set of modules or prismatic pieces of wood (1) of different thickness and in variable number each of which configures a part or portion (2 ') of a support base (2) of the foot, said pieces (1) presenting the chamfered vertices (3) and rounded edges (4) on the upper face, while its surface (5) is susceptible to forming a recess and / or a shoulder in correspondence with the anatomical area of the sole of the foot, the modular set of pieces of wood (1) being arranged to combine properly and configure channels or aeration passages (6) ) that determine a differential mobility of the pieces in the foot support. 2. Flexible platform for footwear, according to claim one characterized in that the set of modules or pieces of wood (1) are assembled in a combined and orderly manner to constitute the support base (2) of the foot on a rubber sole (7) or similar to the one that the wooden pieces (1) are joined by glued on the already formed sole (7) or they are joined during the molding operation of said sole (7). 3. Flexible platform for footwear, according to claim one characterized in that the set of modules or pieces of wood (1) to constitute a support base (2) of the foot are joined together by ropes, cords, elastic or the like (8), which pass through the wooden pieces through through holes (9) in the longitudinal direction and other through holes (10) in a transverse direction made at different height in the wooden pieces. 4. Flexible platform for footwear, according to claim 3, characterized in that each module or piece of wood (1) that is joined by cords, at least one flexible rubber layer (11) and another more compact rubber layer adhered by its lower face (11). 12) of contact with the ground, being able to conform both layers in a single piece obtained in the same molding operation.