JP2011004959A - Boots - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide boots of which the air permeability has been increased, and at the same time, of which the putting-on method has been facilitated.SOLUTION: These boots 100 are at least equipped with a boot section 10, a boot bottom section 20 which is a shoe bottom, and a connected width adjusting member 30. For the boot section 10, a boot body 11 and a cylindrical section 12 are integrally formed of a flexible waterproof material in such a manner that the cylindrical section 12 of an approximately cylindrical shape which extends along the front surface 11a of the boot body 11 may be connected with the boot body 11 on the front surface 11a and may approximately have a gourd shape. The connected width adjusting member 30 adjusts the lateral width D of the connected section 13 of the boot body 11 and the cylindrical section 12. By making the lateral width D of the connected section 13 zero by the connected width adjusting member 30, the upper surface section 12b and the lower surface section 12d of the cylindrical section 12 are opened, and the cylindrical section 12 becomes a ventilation passage which connects the inside of the boot body 11 with the outside.

Description

  The present invention relates to boots, and more particularly to boots with improved breathability inside the boots.

  Conventionally, since boots place importance on waterproofness, the breathability inside the boots has been poor. When the breathability inside the boots is poor, the feet are stuffy or the hygiene inside the boots is worsened. In order to solve such a problem, conventionally, a vent hole opened above the boot and extending downward between the outer layer and the inner layer of the shoe is formed, and the lower part of the vent hole passes through the inner layer. There has been proposed a boot that communicates with the inside of the shoe (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2001-161401 A

  In the above-described conventional boots, air holes are formed between the outer layer and the inner layer constituting the boots. For this reason, the material which comprises a boot is multilayered and thickness has increased. When the materials constituting the boots are multi-layered and the thickness is increased, the boots are difficult to be deformed, and there is a problem that it is difficult to put on the boots unless a force is pushed into the boots with a considerable force when wearing the boots. In particular, when trying to wear boots in the state of wearing shoes, the size of the foot that wears the shoes becomes large, so it is difficult to wear them with the above-described conventional boots.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a boot that improves air permeability and is easy to wear.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the boots of the present invention are substantially open with both bottom surfaces extending from a position corresponding to the shin of the front foot of the boot boot body to a position corresponding to at least the ankle. Positions corresponding to at least the ankle from the position corresponding to the shin of the foot of the boot shoe body, wherein the side surface and one bottom surface of the cylindrical tubular portion are integrally formed on the front surface of the boot shoe body so as to be connected to the boot shoe body. A boot portion formed of a soft waterproof material having a substantially heel shape, a shoe-shaped boot sole portion provided at the bottom of the boot portion, the boot boot body which is a depressed portion of the substantially heel shape, and the above A connection width adjusting member provided in the boot portion for adjusting the lateral width of the connecting portion with the tubular portion is provided. As a result, the air permeability is improved, and at the same time, it is easy to put on.

  The boots according to the present invention may further include a pump portion that is attached to the bottom portion of the boot boot portion and blows air into the boot boot portion when stepped on with a foot. Thereby, the effect | action of promoting the flow of the air inside a boot is brought about.

  The boots of the present invention may further include an ankle tightening member that tightens a portion of the boot boot that covers the periphery of the ankle from the surface of the boot boot. Thereby, the effect | action of fitting the part which covers the circumference | surroundings of the ankle of a boots part to a leg | foot is brought about.

  In the boots of the present invention, the soft waterproof material is any one of low density polyethylene, foamed polyethylene, elastomer, synthetic rubber, and a mixed material of elastomer and foamed polyethylene.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the outstanding effect that it can wear easily can be show | played while improving the air permeability inside a boot.

It is a figure which shows the boots 100 in embodiment of this invention. It is the figure which showed a mode that the boots 100 in embodiment of this invention was put on in the state which put on the shoes. It is a figure which shows the flow of the air in the boots 100 in embodiment of this invention.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a boot 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a view showing the boots 100 before being adjusted by the connecting width adjusting member 30 and the ankle fastening members 41 and 42. FIG. FIG. 1B is a view showing the boots 100 after being adjusted by the connecting width adjusting member 30 and the ankle fastening members 41 and 42.

  The boots 100 are boots that can be worn with or without shoes. The boots 10, the boots bottom 20, the connecting width adjusting member 30, ankle fastening members 41 and 42, and a pump unit 50.

  The boots 10 have a substantially cylindrical tubular part 12 with both bottom surfaces extending along the front surface 11a of the boots main body 11 from the uppermost part of the front surface 11a of the boots main body 11 to the position corresponding to the instep of the boots. The boot boot body 11 and the tubular portion 12 are integrally formed so as to be connected to the boot boot body 11. And the boots main body 11 and the cylindrical part 12 are connected in the front surface 11a of the boots main body 11, the side surface 12a facing the front surface 11a of the boots main body 11 of the cylindrical part 12, and the lower part 12c, The connecting portion 13, which is a connecting portion between the boot boot body 11 and the tubular portion 12, and the tubular portion 12 form a substantially bag shape. In addition, the substantially narrow bowl-shaped recessed portion with a narrow lateral width becomes the connecting portion 13. As a result, the boots 10 have a substantially heel shape from the top to the position corresponding to the instep. In the present invention, the saddle shape refers to a shape when two regions are connected and the width of the connecting portion is narrower than the width of the two regions, and the two regions and the connected portion have a specific shape. It does not have to be, and any shape is possible.

  The upper surface portion 12b of the cylindrical portion 12 is open. The mode of opening of the upper surface portion 12b of the cylindrical portion 12 is not limited to the mode shown in FIG. That is, the upper surface portion 12b of the cylindrical portion 12 in FIG. 1 is covered on the front side (back side), the side side, and the upper side, and only the rear side (front side) is opened. A shape such as a spherical shape may be formed on the upper surface portion 12 b of the cylindrical portion 12. In this way, it is possible to prevent water and the like from entering from the upper surface portion 12b of the cylindrical portion 12. Further, for example, a mesh material that allows air to pass but difficult to pass water may be covered so as to cover the entire upper surface portion 12b of the cylindrical portion 12 of FIG. Even in such a case, in the present invention, it is assumed that the bottom surface is open. In this case, the shape portion such as the hollow substantially 1/4 spherical shape or the mesh-shaped material may be regarded as a separately provided configuration requirement. In addition, when captured as described above, as a special mode in which the bottom surface is open, a “bottom surface” (for example, a portion that can be regarded as a bottom surface at the end is regarded as a bottom surface) and an “opening” (for example, a mesh shape) In the present invention, the definition of “taken as open” may be widely taken.

  And the lower part 12c of the cylindrical part 12 cross | intersects the aspect which intersects with the boots main body 11, and is integrated with the boots main body 11. FIG. However, the lower surface portion 12d of the cylindrical portion 12 is open inside the boot shoe main body 11, and the inside of the boot shoe main body 11 and the inside of the cylindrical portion 12 communicate spatially through the lower surface portion 12d of the cylindrical portion 12. Is in a state.

  Further, the lateral width of the connecting portion 13 has a predetermined lateral width D as shown in FIG. In this case, the inside of the boots main body 11 and the inside of the cylindrical portion 12 are in spatial communication through the connecting portion 13.

  In addition, the cylindrical part 12 is not restricted to what extends from the uppermost part to the position corresponding to the instep of the foot as described above, but any position of the foot shin on the front surface 11a of the boots main body 11 (for example, the uppermost part) It is only necessary to extend from a position slightly lowered from the position to a position corresponding to the ankle (a position corresponding to the toe at the maximum). Moreover, the boots main body 11 is a boots main body in the shape of a well-known boots.

  Further, in FIG. 1, the shape of the cylindrical portion 12 is such that the horizontal width covers the front surface 11 a of the boot shoe main body 11 from the uppermost portion of the boot boot 100 to a position corresponding to the instep, and along the front surface 11 a of the boot shoe main body 11. Although it has a substantially rectangular tube shape that extends, it is not limited to this. That is, the substantially cylindrical shape in the present invention which is the shape of the cylindrical portion 12 includes a cylindrical shape having various shapes, and in addition to the shape of the cylindrical portion 12 described above, a cylindrical shape and a triangular cylindrical shape. Also includes other unique cylindrical shapes. What kind of cylindrical shape is a design matter including the viewpoint of design and the like, and in the present invention, includes all possible cylindrical shapes.

  In FIG. 1, the connecting portion 13, which is a substantially saddle-shaped recessed portion, extends from the uppermost portion of the boot 10 to a position corresponding to the instep of the foot through a position corresponding to the ankle. Note that the range in which the connecting portion 13 extends is appropriately determined according to the range in which the tubular portion 12 extends.

  As described above, in the present invention, it is assumed that the boot boot 10 is formed by integrally forming the boot boot main body 11 and the tubular portion 12. In this case, it can be considered that the boot boot 10 is manufactured by molding using, for example, a predetermined mold having the shape of the boot boot 10 described above and a material described below.

  A soft waterproof material is assumed as a material for forming the boots 10. Examples of soft waterproof materials include various synthetic resins, specifically, low density polyethylene (LDPE), foamed polyethylene and other polyethylene materials, elastomers, synthetic rubbers such as synthetic rubber latex, or the above However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other materials may be used. If the boots 10 are formed of a soft waterproof material, the boots 10 can be easily deformed as will be described later. For this reason, the boots 100 can be easily worn without forcibly screwing them into the boots.

  The boot shoe bottom portion 20 is a shoe sole provided at the bottom of the boot shoe portion 10. Although it is assumed that the material which forms the boots bottom part 20 uses a material which is hard to slide, such as a synthetic rubber, it is not restricted to this.

  The connection width adjusting member 30 adjusts the size of the lateral width of the connection portion 13 which is a substantially bowl-shaped recessed portion. The lateral width of the connecting portion 13 in the boots 100 in FIG. 1A has a predetermined lateral width D, and the inside of the boot shoe main body 11 and the inside of the tubular portion 12 are in spatial communication through the connecting portion 13. is there. In this state, when the connecting width adjusting member 30 is adjusted so as to eliminate the width D of the connecting portion 13 (D = 0), the width of the connecting portion 13 in the boots 100 is as shown in FIG. The wall 13a is formed between the boots main body 11 and the tubular portion 12 without being used (D = 0).

  Thereby, the spatial communication state between the inside of the boots main body 11 and the inside of the tubular part 12 through the connecting part 13 is eliminated. However, even if the wall 13a as described above can be formed, the lower surface portion 12d of the tubular portion 12 is open inside the boot shoe main body 11, so that the inside of the boot shoe main body 11 through the lower surface portion 12d of the tubular portion 12 is provided. And a spatial communication state between the inside of the cylindrical portion 12 are maintained.

  If the wall 13a is made between the boots main body 11 and the cylindrical part 12, the upper surface part 12b and the lower surface part 12d of the cylindrical part 12 are opened, so that the cylindrical part 12 is located inside and outside the boots main body 11 below. It becomes a passage connecting And the cylindrical part 12 plays the role of the ventilation path which takes in air into the inside of the boots main body 11, or exhausts the air inside the boots main body 11. FIG.

  In FIG. 1, the connection width adjusting member 30 includes a coupling member 31 and a coupled member 32 coupled to the coupling member 31. As the coupling member 31 and the member 32 to be coupled, for example, a Velcro tape (registered trademark), a member with a button attached to the tip of the tape-shaped member, a button receiving member, or the like is assumed, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be.

  Moreover, the connection width adjustment member 30 should just be provided in the position in any one of the boots part 10. FIG. In FIG. 1, the connection width adjusting member 30 is attached to the upper portion of the cylindrical portion 12. Specifically, the coupling member 31 and the coupled member 32 are positioned on the left and right sides of the coupling portion 13 in the upper portion of the cylindrical portion 12. Further, the attachment position of the connection width adjusting member 30 may be the upper part of the boots main body 11 in addition to the cylindrical part 12. Specifically, the coupling member 31 and the coupled member 32 are respectively positioned on the left and right sides of the coupling portion 13 in the upper part near the coupling portion 13 of the boots main body 11. In addition, the attachment position of the connection width adjusting member 30 is not limited to the above position, and may be another position.

  When the coupling member 31 is moved so as to be coupled to the coupled member 32, one of the coupling components 13b constituting the coupling unit 13 approaches the other coupling component 13c (see the arrow in FIG. 1B). ), The connecting component 13b and the connecting component 13c are in contact with each other as shown in FIG. As a result, the lateral width of the connecting portion 13 is eliminated (D = 0), and a wall 13a is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, if two sets of button members 33a and 33b and button members 34a and 34b are attached above the side surface 12a of the tubular portion 12 and above the front surface 11a of the boots main body 11, the cylinder The shape part 12 can be fixed in a state along the front surface 11 a of the boots main body 11.

  The ankle tightening members 41 and 42 are members that tighten a portion of the boot boot 10 that covers the periphery of the ankle from the surface of the boot boot 10. Thereby, the part which covers under the ankle in the boots part 10 becomes a shape which fits the leg more.

  As the ankle fastening members 41 and 42, for example, it is assumed that the ankle fastening members 41 and 42 are constituted by a magic tape (registered trademark) as shown in FIG. 1 and a tape-like member provided with a ring at the tip. Absent. The ankle tightening members 41 and 42 are provided, for example, at a predetermined position of a portion covering the side surface of the foot of the boot boot portion 10.

  The pump part 50 is attached to the bottom part of the boots part 10 and ejects air into the boots part 10 when stepped on with a foot. As the pump unit 50, for example, a sponge member attached to the bottom of the boots 10 is assumed. When the sponge member is attached to the bottom of the boots 10, air is blown into the boots 10 when the sponge member is stepped on with a foot. Thereby, the flow of the air inside the boots part 10 can be accelerated | stimulated, and the sanitary surface inside the boots 100 can be improved. The pump unit 50 may be a member or a member that is attached to the bottom of the boots 10 other than the sponge member and includes a mechanism for ejecting air when stepped on with a foot.

  According to the boots 100, by adjusting with the connecting width adjusting member 30, a passage for ventilating the inside of the boots 100 can be formed at a position corresponding to the front surface of the foot, thereby realizing a boot with excellent breathability. Can do. Moreover, according to the boots 100, by providing the pump part 50 in the bottom part of the boots part 10, the circulation of the air in the boots 100 can be activated, and the effect of the channel | path which ventilates the inside of the boots 100 is better. Can be.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state where the boots 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention are worn while the shoes are worn. In the case of wearing shoes, it is assumed that the size of the foot increases and it becomes difficult to wear the boots 100. Further, even when the shoe is not worn, if the size of the foot is a size that just fits the boot 100, it is assumed that it is difficult to wear the boot 100. The boots 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention have a structure in which the boots 100 can be easily worn even in such a case.

  That is, when putting on the boots 100, when the cylindrical part 12 is pushed forward by applying a force to the cylindrical part 12, the cylindrical part 12 and the connecting part 13 expand, and the part of the boots 10 having a substantially bag shape Deforms and spreads vertically. At this time, the substantially heel-shaped portion of the boots 10 is in any shape such as a vertically long substantially heel shape, a substantially elliptical shape, or other vertically long shape in which the opening for inserting the foot is larger than before the deformation. Deform. This is because the boots 10 are made using a soft waterproof material. For this reason, the front opening for inserting the foot becomes wide, and it becomes easy to wear the boots 100 even when the shoes are worn. Thus, the cylindrical part 12 and the connection part 13 have a role which makes the frontage which inserts a leg | foot wide.

  When the foot is inserted into the boots 100 and the force applied to the tubular portion 12 is removed, the tubular portion 12 is preferably formed so as to return to the original shape as shown in FIG. Instead, the cylindrical portion 12 may be formed so as to return to its original shape as shown in FIG. As described above, the boots 10 are designed using a soft waterproof material.

  As described above, the cylindrical portion 12 has a role as a passage for ventilating the inside of the boots 100 as described above, but also has a role of widening a frontage for inserting a foot when the boots 100 are worn. is there. Since the boots 100 are provided with the cylindrical part 12, they can be easily worn.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an air flow in the boots 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the boots 100 are in a state in which the lateral width D of the connecting portion 13 is eliminated by the connecting width adjusting member 30 and the wall 13 a is created. FIG. 3A is a side view of the boots 100, and FIG. 3B is a front view of the boots 100.

  When the lateral width of the connecting portion 13 is eliminated by the connecting width adjusting member 30 and the wall 13a is created, the inside of the boot shoe main body 11 and the inside of the tubular portion 12 are as shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). It comes to communicate through the part 12d. In this case, an air flow is generated in the forward direction or the reverse direction of the flow of arrows in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b).

  That is, air enters from the upper surface portion 12 b of the open cylindrical portion 12, and air is sent into the inside of the boots main body 11 from the lower surface portion 12 d of the cylindrical portion 12 through the cylindrical portion 12. And the air sent into the inside of the boots main body 11 goes out from the upper surface opening 11b of the boots main body 11. In some situations, the air flow may be reversed from the above description.

  When the pump unit 50 attached to the bottom of the boots 10 is stepped on, air is blown into the boots 10 as shown by arrows near the pumps 50 shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). To do. Thereby, air circulation in the boots 10 is promoted.

  Thus, air circulates in the boots 100 using the cylindrical portion 12 as a ventilation passage, and the circulation of the air is further promoted by the pump unit 50, so that the air permeability in the boots 100 can be improved.

  As described above, according to the boots 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the breathability inside the boots, and at the same time, eliminate the troublesomeness of wearing the boots and easily wear the boots. There is an excellent effect of being able to.

  The embodiment of the present invention shows an example for embodying the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Boot boot part 11 Boot boot main body 11a Front surface 12 Cylindrical part 12a Side surface 12b Upper surface part 12c Lower part 12d Lower surface part 13 Connection part 13a Wall 13b, 13c Connection component part 20 Boot shoe bottom part 30 Connection width adjustment member 31 Coupling member 32 Joined member 33a , 33b, 34a, 34b Button member 41, 42 Ankle fastening member 50 Pump part 100 Boots

Claims (3)

The side surface and one bottom surface of a substantially cylindrical tubular portion having both bottom surfaces extending from a position corresponding to the shin of the foot on the front surface of the boot shoe body to a position corresponding to at least the ankle are located on the front surface of the boot shoe main body. A boot portion formed of a soft waterproof material that is integrally formed so as to be connected to the boot shoe body from a position corresponding to the shin of the foot to a position corresponding to at least the ankle;
A shoe-sole-shaped boots provided on the bottom of the boots;
A pair of boots, comprising: a connection width adjusting member provided in the pair of boots for adjusting a lateral width of a connection part between the boots main body and the tubular part, which is a substantially saddle-shaped recessed part.   The boots according to claim 1, further comprising a pump unit that is attached to the bottom of the boots and ejects air into the boots when stepped on with a foot. The boots according to claim 1, wherein the soft waterproof material is any one of low density polyethylene, foamed polyethylene, elastomer, synthetic rubber, and a mixed material of elastomer and foamed polyethylene.

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