JP2005027943A - Boot and sole thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide boots which facilitate walking and have a sole not separated from a main body of the boots easily if the toe hits an obstruction. <P>SOLUTION: The boot is equipped with the main body 1 of boot made of a chloroprene rubber or the like, and the sole 2 stuck to the bottom of the main body 1 with a hook and loop fastener. The sole 2 has a three-layered structure comprising the layer 11 of the hook and loop fastener, an EVA (ethyl vinyl acetate) layer 12, and a felt layer 13. X-shaped cuts extending in the widthwise direction are formed at a plurality of places at an interval in the longitudinal direction from the bottom surface to the middle of the EVA layer 12 on the felt layer 13. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a boot that has a felt sole on the bottom surface and is used for fishing or the like that is devised so as to be easy to walk even in a wet and slippery place. Moreover, it is related with the sole bonded together on the bottom face of such a boot.

  In carp fishing and mountain stream fishing, fishermen walk on wet and mossy rocks and underwater. Therefore, boots devised so as to be easy to walk even in such slippery places have been proposed.

A typical boot of this type has a boot body and a felt sole attached to the bottom surface of the boot body. The felt sole is obtained by processing a synthetic fiber felt into a shoe sole shape, and is attached to the boot body or detachably attached with a hook-and-loop fastener or the like (for example, see Patent Document 1). In this way, the felt sole attached to the shoe sole provides a sufficient anti-slip effect even in slippery environments such as wet fishing boat decks and wet mossy rocks, and anglers can walk safely Become. Furthermore, instead of a general felt sole, a special felt sole in which a fiber such as polyester is impregnated with rubber has been proposed (see Patent Document 2).
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 06-209801 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-42905

  The felt sole attached to such a fishing boot is a single plate-like member in which synthetic fiber felt is formed in a shoe sole shape. On the other hand, the boot body is made of a relatively flexible material such as chloroprene. Therefore, the felt sole is inferior to the boot body in flexibility. For this reason, when walking on rocky terrain with fishing boots with felt sole, there is a problem that it is difficult to walk because the felt sole does not bend like the boot body, although the anti-slip effect is sufficiently exhibited by the felt sole. . Such a problem is difficult to improve even if the sole is formed from the material as described in Patent Document 2 above. Therefore, there is a need to provide boots that are flexible and easy to walk even in rocky areas where the unevenness of the feet is severe and the scaffolding is unstable.

  On the other hand, as shown in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, when the felt sole is detachable from the boot body, as well as when the felt sole is fixed to the boot body, the felt is felt when the toe hits an obstacle. There is also a problem that the sole is easily peeled off from the boot body. This is because the felt sole has a certain flexibility even though it is inferior to the boot body, so when the toe hits an obstacle, the felt sole bends to the sole side and peels off from the boot body. This is a phenomenon that occurs. Therefore, even if the felt sole is simply increased in flexibility to make it easy to walk, it may lack practicality.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a fishing boot that is flexible and easy to walk. It is another object of the present invention to provide a boot that is easy to wear and whose sole is difficult to peel from the boot body.

  The boot of the present invention includes a boot main body and a sole attached to the bottom surface of the boot main body. This sole has an affixing layer for adhering to the bottom surface of the boot body, a hard rubber layer laminated on the affixing layer, and a felt layer laminated on the hard rubber layer. The felt layer and the hard rubber layer In the present invention, incisions extending in the width direction are formed at a plurality of positions from the bottom surface of the felt layer to a part of the hard rubber layer at intervals in the longitudinal direction.

  The sole is affixed to the bottom surface of the boot body through the affixing layer. When walking with this boot, the sole is bent relatively easily in the sky direction (the direction opposite to the bottom direction) when viewed from the side surface direction by a cut formed in the width direction formed from the bottom surface of the felt layer. That is, since the felt layer of the sole is bent following the boot body, it is easy to walk. On the other hand, the sole is difficult to bend in the bottom direction when viewed from the side. Therefore, even if the toe hits an obstacle and a force is applied to the sole in the direction of peeling from the boot body, the sole is difficult to peel from the boot body. In particular, not only the felt layer but also the hard rubber layer together with the felt layer suppresses the flexibility of the sole toward the bottom. Therefore, even if an obstacle hits the toe, the sole is more difficult to peel off from the boot body. On the other hand, since the cut is formed in the hard rubber layer, the sole can be bent relatively easily in the upward direction (the direction opposite to the bottom direction) when viewed from the side surface direction.

  This incision cuts the felt layer up to the hard rubber layer, and the felt layer is divided in the longitudinal direction. Therefore, each of the divided felt layers independently follows the movement of the hard rubber layer.

  In addition, you may form this cut | notch so that it may extend in the width direction of a felt layer in a waveform shape. Furthermore, the sole may be removable from the boot body. If the sole felt is crushed or damaged during use, replace the sole.

  Moreover, the sole of this invention is a sole for affixing on the bottom face of the boot body of a fishing boot. And this sole has the sticking layer for affixing on the bottom face of a boot main body, the hard rubber layer laminated | stacked on the sticking layer, and the felt layer laminated | stacked on the hard rubber layer. In the felt layer and the hard rubber layer, cuts extending in the width direction are formed at a plurality of positions from the bottom surface of the felt layer to a part of the hard rubber layer at intervals in the longitudinal direction.

  Such a sole is used by being attached to the bottom surface of the boot body by an adhesive layer. Further, this notch may be formed in a wavy shape extending in the width direction of the felt layer.

  The boot according to the present invention is easy to walk, and even if the toe hits an obstacle, the sole is difficult to peel off.

[First Embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fishing boot employing the first embodiment of the present invention includes a boot body 1 and a sole 2 that can be detachably attached to the shoe bottom of the boot body 1.

  The boot body 1 has, for example, a laminated structure in which a stretchable jersey member made of nylon fiber is bonded to a rubber layer made of foamed synthetic rubber, chloroprene rubber or the like, and is waterproofed. Various patterns and the like are drawn on the surface of the boot main body 1 according to the product image, and a reinforcing rubber member is partially attached to the bottom surface such as a heel portion from a toe portion.

  A wall portion standing in the bottom direction is formed on the peripheral edge of the bottom surface of the boot body 1, and a mounting space is formed on the bottom surface of the boot body 1 by this wall portion. A surface fastener A is affixed to the bottom surface of the boot main body 1 in the mounting space. The height of the wall portion is shorter than the thickness of the sole 2 described later, and when the sole 2 is bonded to the bottom surface of the boot body 1, the bottom surface of the sole 2 protrudes from the wall portion in the bottom direction.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the sole 2 is a plate-like member formed according to the bottom shape of the boot body 1. Specifically, the sole 2 has a three-layer structure including a surface fastener layer 11, an EVA layer 12, and a felt layer 13.

  The surface fastener layer 11 is a layer that is detachably bonded to the surface fastener A on the bottom surface of the boot body 1 described above. The surface fastener layer 11 is bonded to the upper surface side of the EVA layer 12 with an adhesive or the like. The EVA layer 12 is a thin plate-shaped layer having a thickness of about 3 to 6 mm made of EVA resin.

  The felt layer 13 is bonded to the lower surface side of the EVA layer 12 with an adhesive or the like. It is a thin plate member in which the felt ground is set to a thickness of about 10 to 20 mm. The felt is made by impregnating synthetic resin such as polypropylene with a synthetic resin. A cut X extending in the width direction of the shoe sole is formed from the lower surface (bottom surface) of the felt layer 13. The cut X crosses the sole 2 in the width direction. A plurality of cuts X are formed at intervals in the longitudinal direction of the sole 2, and each cut X is formed in a waveform (see FIG. 2). The cuts X are formed concentrated on the toe side in the longitudinal direction of the sole 2. Preferably, in the longitudinal direction of the sole 2, a plurality of cuts X are formed in a region about 2/3 from the toe. The number of cuts X to be formed is arbitrary.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the notch X, when viewed in the depth direction, longitudinally cuts the felt layer 13 and reaches the EVA layer 12. A cut X is formed up to about 1/2 of the depth direction of the EVA layer 12.

  Such a boot 2 is used by attaching the surface fastener 11 of the sole 2 to the surface fastener A of the boot body 1. When walking with these boots, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), the boot body 1 made of chloroprene or the like and having high flexibility has an upward direction (bottom direction) as viewed from the side according to the movement of the user's foot. Bend in the opposite direction. In particular, when the user walks, the portion from the tip of the toe to the arch greatly warps in the upward direction. At this time, the felt layer 13 and the EVA layer 12 are divided in the longitudinal direction by the notch X formed in the width direction formed from the bottom surface of the felt layer 13, and the sole 2 is also viewed from the side in accordance with the boot body 1. It is easy to walk because it bends relatively easily in the direction.

  On the other hand, even if there is a notch X formed in the width direction formed from the bottom surface of the felt layer 13, as shown in FIG. 4B, the felt layer 13 and the EVA layer 12 are bent in the bottom direction when viewed from the side surface direction. It is hard to do. Therefore, even if the toe hits an obstacle and exerts a force in the direction in which the sole 2 is peeled from the boot body 1, the surface fastener 11 is peeled off from the face fastener A from the toe side, and the sole 2 is peeled off from the boot body 1. Nor. In particular, by providing the sole 2 with the EVA layer 12 that is harder and less flexible than the felt layer 13, the bending of the sole 2 to the bottom method is more limited.

  Further, when the felt layer 13 is used in a wet place, it tends to be heavy with water, but water is likely to be discharged from the cut X, and the boot is not unduly heavy.

[Other Embodiments]
(A) Although not specifically mentioned in the above embodiment, a metal spike may be embedded in the felt layer. In this case, as in the first embodiment, the EVA layer is provided on the sole together with the felt layer. The metal spike penetrates the felt layer in the depth direction, the tip substantially coincides with the bottom surface of the felt layer, and the proximal end is disposed in the EVA layer.
(B) The shape of the cut X is not limited to this, and can be arbitrarily set such as an oblique direction. Further, a plurality of cuts X may be formed over the entire longitudinal direction of the sole while being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction.
(C) Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the sole was made detachable with respect to a boot main body, a sole and a boot main body may be made non-detachable with an adhesive agent. In this case, the sole adhesive layer corresponds to the adhesive.

1 is an overall view of a boot adopting a first embodiment of the present invention. The bottom view of the sole 2 of the boot for fishing of FIG. The side view of the sole 2 of the boot for fishing of FIG. (A) The case where it walks in the boots of FIG. 1, (b) The figure which showed the case where a toe hits an obstacle.

Explanation of symbols

1 Boot body 2 Sole 11, 31 Face fastener 12 EVA layer 13, 33 Felt layer X Notch

Claims (5)

The boot body,
A sole pasted on the bottom of the boot body;
The sole has an affixing layer for adhering to the bottom surface of the boot body, a hard rubber layer laminated on the affixing layer, and a felt layer laminated on the hard rubber layer, and the felt layer And the hard rubber layer has a plurality of cuts extending in the width direction at intervals in the longitudinal direction and formed from a bottom surface of the felt layer to a part of the hard rubber layer.   The boot according to claim 1, wherein the notch extends in a wave shape in the width direction of the felt layer.   The boot according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sole is detachable from the boot body. A sole for attaching to the bottom of the boot body of the fishing boot,
An affixing layer for adhering to the bottom surface of the boot body;
A hard rubber layer laminated on the adhesive layer;
A felt layer laminated on the hard rubber layer,
The sole of the boot, wherein the felt layer and the hard rubber layer are formed with a plurality of cuts extending in the width direction at intervals in the longitudinal direction from the bottom surface of the felt layer to a part of the hard rubber layer.   The boot sole according to claim 4, wherein the notch extends in the width direction of the felt layer in a corrugated shape.

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