JP2009095614A - Shoe insole - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a shoe insole having acupressure effects and capable of circulating air inside a shoe. <P>SOLUTION: The shoe insole includes: an air inlet valve 16 for making air inside the shoe flow into the internal space; an air outlet pump 14 for releasing the air flowing into the internal space by the air inlet valve to a front stage part; a lower plate 4 having an approximately constant thickness, having a storage part 8 in a rear stage for storing the air outlet pump, a connection part 13 at a prescribed position in one side of the storage part for storing the air inlet valve, and air channels 10 at its center in the longitudinal direction; and an upper plate 20 which is fused with heat to the upper surface of the lower plate, and has a projection part 24 for storing the upper part of the air outlet pump on the lower surface side, a number of acupressure projections 28 at prescribed positions in the front stage, and air discharge apertures 30 communicated with the air channels in the front stage of the acupressure projections. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a shoe insole.

  As is well known, the insole of a shoe is inserted into the bottom of the shoe to provide a cushion feeling to the wearer. Usually, the insole is formed using a cushioning material so that the shape of the insole is formed by the bottom pattern inside the shoe, and the wearer feels comfortable when walking and can reduce fatigue.

  However, when wearing a warm shoe such as athletic shoes, not only a lot of hot air is generated inside the shoe during walking, but also the generated hot air cannot be easily released to the outside. For this reason, when taking off shoes, there is a problem that not only unpleasant foot odors are caused, but also various kinds of bacteria caused by sweat from the feet induce foot disease. Therefore, it is very burdensome for the user to wear such sports shoes in the hot season.

  Conventionally, in order to solve such problems, there are shoes of a type that cools hot air by forming a large number of through holes for air circulation in the insole of shoes or forming protrusions on the upper surface thereof. However, the conventional insole of such shoes can be expected to have ancillary effects such as acupressure, but since there is almost no air circulation inside the shoes, it cools the internal hot air and smells the feet. Did not become the fundamental solution to prevent.

  Also, when walking with shoes on, the sweat usually occurs on the toes of the soles, usually on the toes. However, conventionally, due to structural problems of shoes, air circulation is hardly performed in the toe portion, and various bacteria that induce foot disease propagate. Therefore, there is a limit to solve the problem of foot odor and bacterial propagation by conventional methods.

  Nowadays, the importance of the foot has been recognized further, and the blood flow to each part of the body can be relaxed and stimulated by performing foot menstrual stimulation that has already been established long ago in Kampo medicine. Shoes with acupressure and foot massage functions have been developed and commercialized. Accordingly, products having a large number of acupressure protrusions on the bottom surface of the insole laid inside slippers and general shoes, which are made of a material having a certain strength or higher and capable of acupressure the foot, are on the market. In the case of a shoe insole having such acupressure protrusions, the illusion that the effect of acupressure is enhanced if the soles of the feet are vigorously stimulated to form high-intensity acupressure protrusions. However, this causes the wearer to feel pain in the soles of the feet, and thus avoids wearing shoes with acupressure protrusions.

  Further, in the case of the acupressure protrusion formed with a constant strength, most of the acupressure protrusion is configured in the front portion of the shoe bottom, that is, the portion where the toes are located. However, since the toe part hardly moves when walking with the shoes on, and most of the heels move, there is a problem that shoes with conventional acupressure protrusions have little acupressure effect. That is, the acupressure process could not stimulate the toe site.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is a novel and improved shoe which has acupressure effect and can circulate air inside the shoe. To provide an insole.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, an air inflow valve that allows the air inside the shoe to flow into the internal space, and an air that releases the air that has flowed into the internal space by the air inflow valve to the front portion. The discharge pump and a substantially constant thickness, a storage portion for storing the air discharge pump is formed in the rear stage, and a coupling portion for storing the air inflow valve is provided at a predetermined position on one side of the storage portion, A lower plate in which an air flow passage is formed in the longitudinal direction in the central portion, and a protrusion that is heat-sealed and joined to the upper surface of the lower plate and accommodates the upper portion of the air release pump on the lower surface side, A shoe insole is provided, wherein a plurality of acupressure protrusions are formed at a position, and an upper plate having an air discharge hole communicated with an air flow passage is provided at a front portion of the acupressure protrusion. .

  The air inflow valve may be a check valve that controls the air flow only in one direction so that the air inside the shoe flows into the air flow passage of the insole. Further, the lower plate may have a structure in which the accommodation portion, the coupling portion, and the air flow passage are communicated with each other.

  The upper plate may be formed with an auxiliary inflow hole for allowing air that has flowed into the shoe to flow into the insole at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the protrusion. Further, the acupressure protrusion may be made of a soft synthetic resin material so as to repeat expansion and contraction due to air inflow in the air flow passage.

  The air discharge hole may have a diameter smaller than the diameter of the air flow passage, and air distributed through the air flow passage may pressurize the finger pressure protrusion.

  According to the present invention, there is an acupressure effect, and air circulation can be performed inside the shoe.

  Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, duplication description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.

(First embodiment)
First, an insole 2 for shoes according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a shoe insole 2 having finger pressure and air circulation functions according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a configuration of a shoe insole 2 having finger pressure and air circulation functions according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a shoe insole 2 having finger pressure and air circulation functions according to the present embodiment.

  Referring to these drawings, a shoe insole 2 having finger pressure and air circulation functions according to the present embodiment is formed with a number of protruding finger pressure protrusions 28 on the upper plate 20 of the insole 2, An insertion part for inserting the air release pump 14 is formed on the upper surface of the lower plate 4, and an air flow passage 10 communicating with the insertion part and a check valve coupling part 13 are provided, respectively. The insole 2 is a shoe in which finger pressure and air circulation are performed while the protrusion 28 repeats expansion and contraction.

  The insole 2 having a finger pressure and air circulation function according to the present embodiment is composed of an upper plate 20 and a lower plate 4, and air inside the shoe is interposed between the upper plate 20 and the lower plate 4. Finger pressure is performed using the air circulation force while circulating the air inside the shoe by the operation of flowing in and discharging to the front part of the insole 2. The upper plate 20 and the lower plate 4 are thermocompression bonded.

  For this reason, the insole 2 having the finger pressure and air circulation functions according to the present embodiment includes an air inflow valve 16 for allowing the air inside the shoe to flow into the inner space of the insole 2. The air inflow valve 16 is provided at a predetermined position on one side of the insole 2 and allows the outside air of the insole 2, that is, the air inside the shoe to flow into the internal space of the insole 2.

  At this time, the air inflow valve 16 is preferably a check valve that controls the air flow only in one direction so that the air inside the shoe flows into the air flow passage 10 of the insole 2.

  In addition, an air discharge pump 14 that discharges the air that has flowed into the insole 2 by the air inflow valve 16 to the front portion of the insole 2 is provided. The air discharge pump 14 is attached to the rear stage of the insole 2 and operates by the heel of the user's foot. The air release pump 14 is made of a material having good elasticity such as sponge.

  The insole 2 having a finger pressure and air circulation function according to the present embodiment is provided with a lower plate 4 constituting the lower part thereof. The lower plate 4 is configured to have a substantially constant thickness, and a housing portion 8 for housing the air discharge pump 14 is formed in the subsequent stage. The air inlet valve 16 is housed at a predetermined position on one side of the housing portion 8. A connecting portion 13 is provided, and an air flow passage 10 is formed in the center portion in the longitudinal direction of the insole 2.

  At this time, the air flow passage 10 is constituted by a passage through which ring-shaped air is connected from a central portion to a front stage portion at one position. Such a structure can provide an air compression force to the acupressure protrusion 28 while air stays at the lower part of the acupressure protrusion 28 for a longer time. The acupressure protrusions 28 formed on the upper surface are also arranged in a ring shape.

  On the other hand, the upper plate 20 is heat-sealed to the upper surface of the lower plate 4. The upper plate 20 is formed with a protrusion 24 in which the upper portion of the air release pump 14 is accommodated on the lower surface side. A plurality of acupressure protrusions 28 are formed at a predetermined position in front of the upper plate 20. An air discharge hole 30 communicating with the air flow passage 10 is formed in the front stage portion of 28.

  At this time, the accommodating portion 8, the coupling portion 13, and the air flow passage 10 configured in the lower plate 4 are communicated with each other so that the air flowing into the insole 2 is discharged to the air discharge hole 30 through the air flow passage 10. It has become.

  On the other hand, the upper plate 20 is formed with an auxiliary inflow hole 26 for allowing air that has flowed into the shoe to flow into the insole 2 at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the protrusion 24. That is, when the air inflow valve 16 is clogged with foreign matters such as dust, the air outside the insole 2 can be directly supplied to the air discharge pump 14 through the auxiliary inflow hole 26.

  The acupressure protrusion 28 is preferably made of a soft synthetic resin material that repeats expansion and contraction due to the inflow of air into the air flow passage 10, and is preferably made of silicone. At this time, the material of the acupressure protrusion 28 is the material of the upper plate 20 and may be made of another different material. In the case of a different material, the acupressure protrusion 28 is separately attached to the upper plate 20 by thermocompression bonding or an adhesive. You may attach it using it.

  On the other hand, the air discharge hole 30 is configured with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the air flow passage 10. As a result, the air circulated through the air flow passage 10 cannot be discharged at once through the air discharge hole 30, and the residual air can pressurize the finger pressure protrusion 28 more effectively. Unexplained symbols 6 and 22 indicate cut lines.

  Hereinafter, functions and operations of the insole 2 having a finger pressure and air circulation function according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are state diagrams showing a use state of the insole 2 of the shoe having the finger pressure and air circulation functions according to the present embodiment.

  First, when a user wears shoes and walks in a state where the insole 2 having acupressure and air circulation function according to this embodiment having the above configuration is placed on the bottom surface of the shoe, the user is walking. When lifting the heel, the air discharge pump 14 is restored to its original shape, and air is caused to flow into the insole 2 through the air inflow valve 16 by its restoring force.

  The inflowed air is present on the air flow passage 10 formed inside the insole 2, and the acupressure protrusion 28 at this time exists in a contracted state as shown in FIG. 4A. In this state, when the heel descends and comes into close contact with the protruding portion 24 of the upper plate 20, the air discharge pump 14 formed at the lower portion of the protruding portion 24 is pressurized and the air discharge pump 14 and the air flow passage 10 are pressed. The air present in the insole 2 is discharged to the front part of the insole 2.

  During the discharge process, since the air discharge hole 30 has a narrow diameter, the air discharged to the front stage cannot be discharged to the air discharge hole 30 at a time, and the residual air applies the finger pressure projection 28. As a result, the acupressure protrusion 28 is expanded as shown in FIG. 4B so that acupressure is applied.

  In particular, the air flow passage 10 from the central portion to the front portion of the lower plate 4 is formed in a ring shape that is connected to only a part of the air flow passage 10, so that the acupressure effect is maintained while retaining sufficient air pressure on the acupressure protrusion 28. Can be further increased.

  The invention according to the present embodiment relates to a shoe insole 2 having acupressure and air circulation functions, and more specifically, a plurality of protruding acupressure projections 28 are formed on the upper plate 20 of the shoe insole 2. Thus, an insertion portion for inserting the air release pump 14 is formed on the upper surface of the lower plate 4, and the air flow passage 10 and the check valve coupling portion 13 that communicate with the insertion portion are provided, respectively. Finger pressure and air circulation can be performed while the finger pressure protrusion 28 repeatedly expands and contracts by the pressure feeding.

  The insole 2 having a finger pressure and air circulation function according to the present embodiment circulates the air inside the shoe through the air discharge pump 14 to the front portion of the shoe, and at the same time, automatically performs a finger pressure operation when supplying air. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the growth and breeding of various bacteria through the circulation of air while providing the acupressure effect continuously. In addition, since the acupressure protrusion 28 operates in an air compression system, there is an advantage that the acupressure that is not painful is performed by the acupressure.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to such examples. It is obvious that a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains can come up with various changes or modifications within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. Of course, it is understood that these also belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the insole of shoes provided with the finger pressure and air circulation function which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the insole of shoes provided with the finger pressure and air circulation function which concern on the embodiment. It is a sectional side view which shows the structure of the insole of shoes provided with the finger pressure and air circulation function which concern on the embodiment. It is a state figure which shows the use condition of the shoe insole provided with the acupressure and air circulation function which concerns on the embodiment. It is a state figure which shows the use condition of the shoe insole provided with the acupressure and air circulation function which concerns on the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

2 Insole 4 Lower plate 6 Cut line 8 Accommodating portion 10 Air flow passage 13 Coupling portion 14 Air discharge pump 16 Air inflow valve 20 Upper plate 24 Protruding portion 26 Auxiliary inflow hole 28 Shiatsu projection 30 Air discharge hole

Claims (6)

An air inlet valve that allows the air inside the shoe to flow into the interior space;
An air discharge pump that discharges air introduced into the internal space by the air inflow valve to a front stage;
The housing portion is configured to have a substantially constant thickness, the housing portion for housing the air discharge pump is formed in the rear stage, and the coupling portion for housing the air inflow valve is provided at a predetermined position on one side of the housing portion. A lower plate having an air flow passage formed in a longitudinal direction in the portion;
A protrusion is formed on the upper surface of the lower plate by heat-sealing, and the upper portion of the air release pump is accommodated on the lower surface side. A plurality of acupressure protrusions are formed at predetermined positions in the previous stage, and the acupressure protrusions An upper plate in which an air discharge hole communicated with the air flow passage is formed in a front stage portion of
An insole for shoes characterized by comprising:   2. The check valve according to claim 1, wherein the air inflow valve is a check valve that controls an air flow in only one direction so that air inside the shoe is introduced into the air flow passage of the insole. Insoles for shoes.   The insole for a shoe according to claim 1, wherein the lower plate has a structure in which a housing portion, a coupling portion, and an air flow passage are communicated with each other.   The shoe according to claim 1, wherein the upper plate is formed with an auxiliary inflow hole for allowing the air that has flowed into the shoe to flow into the insole at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the protrusion. Insole.   The insole of the shoe according to claim 1, wherein the finger pressure protrusion is formed of a soft synthetic resin material so as to repeat expansion and contraction by air inflow of an air flow passage.   The insole of the shoe according to claim 1, wherein the air discharge hole has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the air flow passage, and air distributed through the air flow passage presses the finger pressure protrusion. .

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