GB2193426A - A footpad - Google Patents

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GB2193426A
GB2193426A GB08619066A GB8619066A GB2193426A GB 2193426 A GB2193426 A GB 2193426A GB 08619066 A GB08619066 A GB 08619066A GB 8619066 A GB8619066 A GB 8619066A GB 2193426 A GB2193426 A GB 2193426A
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Ming Own Joseph Kuo
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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
    • A43B17/08—Insoles for insertion, e.g. footbeds or inlays, for attachment to the shoe after the upper has been joined ventilated
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B1/00—Footwear characterised by the material
    • A43B1/0054—Footwear characterised by the material provided with magnets, magnetic parts or magnetic substances
    • 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

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Abstract

Improved adjustable plantar sole, characterised in that, by solidly introducing a certain number of tenons into the ventilation holes 11 in order to fix them to the bottom sole 1, it is possible to adjust, according to requirements, the position of the magnet projections 2 in the ventilation holes 11 in order to obtain the desired effects of ventilation and of massage of the sole of the feet. <IMAGE>

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SPECIFICATION A footpad This invention relates to a footpad for locating in the sole of footwear.
Footwear, especially a closed in shoe that is normally in present day use has a sole upon which a user places their foot and the user's foot is substantially in total contact with the sole. This has the disadvantage that air flow around the foot is prevented causing a foot to perspire. Moreover it is believed from the study of acupuncture that pressure on various parts of the sole of a foot improves blood circulation and has a beneficial effect upon various organs. Based upon such knowledge a known footpad has a support member in which is provided vent ports and a plurality of magnets are fixedly located at specific locations on an upper (in use) portion of the support member so that when in use the magnets excite vital points of a user's foot by means of magnetic line and magnetic reliefs to stimulate a user's foot. However such a known footpad has the following disadvantages: 1.The niagnetic members are inserted into fixed locations so that it is impossible to satisfy differing conditions in differing users for a particular foot size. Thus for example because such a footpad is mass-produced it is manufactured in a single size for a particular size shoe irrespective of differing foot widths and shapes. Thus if a magnet location on a footpad is required for exciting the bottom part of a user's big toe, the location of a magnet on a portion of the footpad corresponding to the position of a big toe may be located in the correct position for one person but such a location may correspond to the outer edge of the big toe of another person.
Therefore because the magnet's position is pre-fixed, it is not possible to suit different users.
2. With the known footpad it is not possible to replace the magnet if it should become damaged.
3. Different people have differing convex and concave portiois of foot soles and a symmetry between left and right feet and the arrangement of magnets is therefore required to be different for different people. However it is clearly not possible to mass-produce the infinite number of requirements to suit different users.
It is an object of the present invention to seek to overcome the foregoing disadvantages.
According to this invention there is provided a footpad for location on the sole of footwear including a support pad having a plurality of apertures at predetermined locations therethrough, an underside of said support pad for engagement with said sole having a plurality of projections at different locations from said predetermined locations which are arranged to elevate the support pad from said sole, and a plurality of discrete members arranged to be mounted at a user's discretion on the upper side of said support pad, each said member having locating projections in one or more of the said apertures, whereby a user's foot is ventilated and massaged.
Preferably each said member has a magnet located therein and conveniently each member is dish-shaped with the magnet therefor located in the dished portion thereof so as to be, in use, adjacent a user's foot.
Advantageously the support pad has size lines at the perimeter thereof for trimming to a particular footwear size by a user.
The invention of a footpad will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows a perspective, exploded and partially cut-away view of a footpad in accordance with the invention; and Figure 2 shows an enlarged view of the part encircled and referenced II in Fig. 1.
In the figures like reference denote like parts.
Referring to the drawings, the footpad has a support pad 1 which has a raised portion 10 in the vicinity of an instep portion. The support pad has a plurality of regularly spaced and positioned vent holes 11 extending through the support pad 1. The underside of the support pad (in use) for contacting the sole of footwear has a plurality of downwardly extending projections 12, the projections 12 and the apertures 11 both having circular cross-sections.
A plurality of circularly cross-sectioned projections 12 each having a stem 23 for forcefitting into the vent holes 11 are provided for inserting into the footpad at desired locations.
The projections 2 are mushroom-shaped, i.e.
they have a domed upper surface. Further projections 32 each having a dished circularly cross-sectioned member 21 with a magnet 22 located therein so that an upper surface of the magnet 22 is, in use, adjacent a user's foot.
Each merriber 21 has two downwardly projecting projections 23 which each locate in a different aperture so that the projections may be located as desired by a user.
For a heel portion there is preferably provided a disc-shaped member 42 having a plurality of projections 33 arranged for location within corresponding vent holes 11 and on the upper surface of the member 42 is a circular arrangement of circularly cross-sectioned projections 34 and a magnet may be located at the centre of the member 42. Like the projections 2 and projections 32 the member 42 may be positioned as desired by a user.
It is envisaged that symmetrical footpads will be provided, one for each foot and that each footpad will have a number of circumfer ential size guidelines marked around the perimeter of the footpads so that a user may trim the footpad to a desired shape and size.

Claims (5)

1. A footpad for location on the sole of footwear including a support pad having a plurality of apertures at predetermined locations therethrough, an underside of said support pad for engagement with said sole having an plurality of projections at different locations from said predetermined locations which are arranged to elevate the support pad from said sole, and a plurality of discrete members arranged to be mounted at a user's discretion on the upper side of said support pad, each said member having locating projections in one or more of the said apertures, whereby a user's foot is ventilated and massaged.
2. A footpad as claimed in claim 1, wherein each said member has a magnet located therein.
3. A footpad as claimed in claim 2, wherein each member is dish-shaped with the magnet therefor located in the dished portion thereof so as to be, in use, adjacent a user's foot.
4. A footpad as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the support pad has size lines at the perimeter thereof for trimming to a particular footwear size.
5. A footpad substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in the accompanying figures.
GB08619066A 1986-06-30 1986-08-05 A footpad Withdrawn GB2193426A (en)

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FR8609434A FR2600506A1 (en) 1986-06-30 1986-06-30 Improved adjustable plantar sole

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GB2193426A true GB2193426A (en) 1988-02-10

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Cited By (15)

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GB2206475A (en) * 1987-07-09 1989-01-11 Hi Tec Sports Ltd Shock absorbing shoe sole and shoe incorporating the same
US4831749A (en) * 1988-08-02 1989-05-23 Jiuh Lung Enterprise Co., Ltd. Footwear having single-layer ventilating and massaging insole
GB2256121A (en) * 1991-05-29 1992-12-02 Karhu Titan Oy Orthopaedic insole
EP0550842A1 (en) * 1991-12-10 1993-07-14 Leland R. Smith Adjustable orthotic
GB2267425A (en) * 1992-05-27 1993-12-08 Kam Yoong Shoe Manufacturer Improvements to footwear soles.
US5400526A (en) * 1993-09-14 1995-03-28 Sessa; Raymond V. Footwear sole with bulbous protrusions and pneumatic ventilation
GB2303780A (en) * 1995-07-28 1997-03-05 R & S Sales Company Inc Spa sandal
GB2287638B (en) * 1994-03-23 1998-02-04 Libertyville Saddle Shop Inc Shoe insole
US5860229A (en) * 1994-02-24 1999-01-19 Prodomo S.A. Inlay sole with massaging knobs
FR2779326A1 (en) * 1998-06-05 1999-12-10 Darras Jean Claude Shoe insertable sole providing non-seated wearer with selective and prescribed auto-massage
CN102302245A (en) * 2011-08-17 2012-01-04 茂泰(福建)鞋材有限公司 Air-permeable heat-dissipating shoe insoles
WO2013063341A3 (en) * 2011-10-27 2013-06-27 Nike International Ltd. Dual-density insole with a molded geometry
USD759259S1 (en) 2009-01-13 2016-06-14 Implus Footcare, Llc. Massage roller
CN106344395A (en) * 2016-10-09 2017-01-25 北京孝夕阳科技发展有限公司 Novel massage insole
CN111631486A (en) * 2020-05-22 2020-09-08 中北大学 Health-care shoe-pad

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IT235565Y1 (en) * 1995-02-10 2000-07-12 Dumini Lorence FOOTWEAR WITH ANATOMICAL FOOTBED, EQUIPPED WITH MAGNETS STABILALLY ACCOMMODATED IN THE SAME.
WO2008102391A1 (en) * 2007-02-23 2008-08-28 Scm Consulting S.A.S. Inner sole
WO2008135919A1 (en) * 2007-05-04 2008-11-13 Anette Leonor Telmo Thompson Insole
CN105249553A (en) * 2015-09-14 2016-01-20 联想(北京)有限公司 Intelligent clothes and processing method thereof

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GB1537080A (en) * 1975-06-30 1978-12-29 Terasaki K Footwear

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GB1537080A (en) * 1975-06-30 1978-12-29 Terasaki K Footwear

Cited By (19)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2206475A (en) * 1987-07-09 1989-01-11 Hi Tec Sports Ltd Shock absorbing shoe sole and shoe incorporating the same
GB2206475B (en) * 1987-07-09 1991-10-30 Hi Tec Sports Ltd Sports or casual shoes with shock absorbing sole
US4831749A (en) * 1988-08-02 1989-05-23 Jiuh Lung Enterprise Co., Ltd. Footwear having single-layer ventilating and massaging insole
GB2256121A (en) * 1991-05-29 1992-12-02 Karhu Titan Oy Orthopaedic insole
EP0550842A1 (en) * 1991-12-10 1993-07-14 Leland R. Smith Adjustable orthotic
GB2267425A (en) * 1992-05-27 1993-12-08 Kam Yoong Shoe Manufacturer Improvements to footwear soles.
US5400526A (en) * 1993-09-14 1995-03-28 Sessa; Raymond V. Footwear sole with bulbous protrusions and pneumatic ventilation
US5860229A (en) * 1994-02-24 1999-01-19 Prodomo S.A. Inlay sole with massaging knobs
GB2287638B (en) * 1994-03-23 1998-02-04 Libertyville Saddle Shop Inc Shoe insole
GB2303780A (en) * 1995-07-28 1997-03-05 R & S Sales Company Inc Spa sandal
FR2779326A1 (en) * 1998-06-05 1999-12-10 Darras Jean Claude Shoe insertable sole providing non-seated wearer with selective and prescribed auto-massage
USD759259S1 (en) 2009-01-13 2016-06-14 Implus Footcare, Llc. Massage roller
USD796053S1 (en) 2009-01-13 2017-08-29 Implus Footcare, Llc. Massage roller
CN102302245A (en) * 2011-08-17 2012-01-04 茂泰(福建)鞋材有限公司 Air-permeable heat-dissipating shoe insoles
WO2013063341A3 (en) * 2011-10-27 2013-06-27 Nike International Ltd. Dual-density insole with a molded geometry
US9554616B2 (en) 2011-10-27 2017-01-31 Nike, Inc. Dual-density insole with a molded geometry
US10485291B2 (en) 2011-10-27 2019-11-26 Nike, Inc. Dual-density insole with a molded geometry
CN106344395A (en) * 2016-10-09 2017-01-25 北京孝夕阳科技发展有限公司 Novel massage insole
CN111631486A (en) * 2020-05-22 2020-09-08 中北大学 Health-care shoe-pad

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