KR20230012235A - Baseball shoe protector - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a baseball shoe protector to prevent an injury caused by a baseball. According to the present invention, the baseball shoe protector is formed to be worn while covering the top of the foot, which includes the toes of a baseball shoe (BS), the side surface of the arch, and the ankle. The baseball shoe protector comprises: an instep protection part (100) having a joint cutout part (110) of a three-layer structure formed in a folded area extending from the toes to the top of the foot and formed to cover the toes and the top of the foot; an ankle wing fixing part (200) formed in the same three-layer structure as that of the instep protection part (100) to extend horizontally along the ankle on the left and right of the instep protection part and provided to surround and fix the ankle while ends extending horizontally to the left and right face each other on the Achilles tendon side of the heel to overlap and curl by elastic force; an elastic fixing part (300) fixed to the instep protection part (100) and the ankle wing fixing part (200) while contracting to the lower surface of the sole along the circumference of the baseball shoe (BS) so that the instep protection part (100) and the ankle wing fixing part (200) are fixed to the instep and ankle of the baseball shoe (BS); and an attachment/detachment means (400) bonded to the instep and the side surface of the arch side of the baseball shoe (BS) and formed of Velcro tape disposed on the inner surfaces of the instep protection part (100) and the instep wing fixing part (200), which are on the same surface as those of the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe, to interact with the force of an elastic fixing part (300) to double the fixing force.

Description

Baseball shoe protector {Baseball shoe protector}

The present invention relates to a protector for baseball shoes, and more particularly, to a protector for baseball shoes for promoting the safety of players by protecting the feet of a batter or force during a baseball game.

Baseball is a ball game in which a batter hits a ball thrown by a pitcher to survive as a base, and it is a popular sport that requires basic physical skills evenly. This game is called base ball because it uses four bases: 1st base, 2nd base, 3rd base and home. It is prevalent in many countries, including the United States, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia, Italy, the Philippines, and Cuba. In Korea, it has been 100 years since baseball was introduced, and professional baseball is prevalent and is gaining great popularity.

In baseball, in addition to basic exercises such as running, running, and throwing, batting and catching are added, so it is exciting and exciting. Baseball generally refers to a hardball game, and softball, a feminine baseball-type game, a softball game that started in Japan, and a T-ball game for children occupy a position as similar sports and have value as recreational sports.

Accordingly, as mentioned above, in baseball, as the batter hits the ball thrown by the pitcher and has to run toward the base to survive, sliding is performed to tag the base by sprinting and tagging with the foot, or to tag the base with the hand in a somewhat unreasonable posture. Such an action is an act accompanied by a risk of injury to a baseball player. In the case of tagging the base with the foot, the ankle may be sprained and folded, and when sliding and tagging the base with the hand, abrasions occur on the thigh, hip, hand, etc. It is possible to wear safety devices such as protective gear.

In such a baseball game, a protector for protecting the body of a baseball player is being manufactured in various forms. As the most widely used protector, there is a catcher's mask for face protection for catchers, and a protector for protecting the wrist and arm joints is used for batters.

However, recently, more and more players have fastballs with ball throwing speeds of 150Km/hr or more, and most pitchers have average ball throwing speeds of 100Km/hr or more. It is acting like a weapon.

Therefore, with only the current protector, only the baseball player's elbow or the catcher's face and knee can be protected, and the player is often injured by the baseball.

This is a frequent occurrence of injuries to baseball players according to the throwing characteristics of baseballs, and among them, the most vulnerable baseball player positions include catcher and batter. When a pitcher throws a baseball with a fastball, it often misses the baseball bet and hits the top of the batter's foot or hits the catcher's foot while heading toward the ground, resulting in serious foot injuries. , it is an injury that significantly affects the running process for batting and advancing to base in baseball players.

However, most of the baseball player protectors that have been released so far are the majority of the protectors extending from the shin protector to the instep to protect the catcher's shin, and the protector for protecting the player's developing body and toe side has not been disclosed. In the case of a normal batter, when a baseball misses and hits the toes of a player, there is a problem in that the pain and the act of walking for advancing to the base become difficult. In addition, catchers also frequently encounter injuries such as toe fractures when a baseball hits their toes, making it difficult to continue the game. Athlete's foot protection is required.

In addition, in the case of a baseball player's protector currently worn, it is manufactured by forming a plurality of layers of soft materials. Most of these interlayer structures consist of a somewhat elastic outer shell structure made of plastic, a contact layer that is in direct contact with the skin or human body, and a buffer layer between the outer shell structure and the contact layer for shock mitigation, thereby absorbing the simple shock of a baseball. There is a problem that the direction control is not easy due to the repulsion of the baseball, and the player is frequently injured due to difficulty in predicting the direction of the player due to the second bouncing baseball. In other words, in the case of batters and catchers, although there is an advantage in being more free from injuries by predicting the direction in which the baseball will rebound, injuries to the toe, instep, ball of foot, and lateral arch of the foot due to the baseball have yet to occur. A guard to prevent it is not disclosed.

In particular, even if a protector for preventing injury to the toe, instep, ball of foot, and side arch of the foot is disclosed, as described above, it is difficult to predict the direction of the baseball because it is formed according to the irregular curvature of the foot, and the baseball player Due to the nature of the game, shock absorption may be limited in that the shock must be absorbed while the foot moves freely in the process of suddenly jumping to the base from an immobile position for batting or maintaining a sitting position and then suddenly standing and throwing a baseball. The situation is unavoidable.

Therefore, there is an urgent need for foot guards that can prevent injuries to the feet of baseball players and freely play the feet through absorbing the shock applied to the feet with respect to the baseball rather than actually predicting the direction of the baseball.

1. Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-0720751, registration date May 15, 2007.

Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above-mentioned problems, and protects the feet of the baseball player by protecting the feet of the batter and the force from the baseball, predicting the direction of the baseball and the baseball The purpose is to provide a foot guard for baseball shoes that can prevent secondary injuries caused by.

In addition, the present invention has excellent shock absorption through a special triple structure to prevent injuries caused by a baseball, and can predict the direction by the repulsive force of a baseball by changing the interlayer structure of the triple structure to prevent secondary injuries. The purpose is to provide a foot guard for baseball shoes that can be used.

In order to achieve the above object, the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention wraps the instep including the toe of the baseball shoe (BS) and is formed to be worn by wrapping the arch side and ankle, formed in a triple structure, An instep protection unit 100 having a joint incision 110 formed at a folded portion leading to the instep and covering the toes and the instep; It is formed in the same triple structure as the instep protector 100, and extends horizontally along the ankle to the left and right of the instep protector. An ankle wing fixing part 200 provided to wrap and fix the; The instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 are fixed to the instep and ankle circumference of the baseball shoe (BS), so that the instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 are attached to the circumference of the baseball shoe (BS) on the lower side. An elastic fixing part 300 fixed while contracting to the lower surface of the sole along the; Adhered to the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe (BS), the elastic fixing part 300 on the inner surface of the instep protection part 100 and the instep wing fixing part 200 on the same plane as the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe It is characterized in that it is formed of; detachable means 400 provided with Velcro to interact with the fixing force to double the fixing force.

The triple structure of the instep protection part 100 and the instep wing fixing part 200 is a shock dissipation layer (P1) formed of any one of titanium and engineering plastic so that the baseball is in direct contact and the shock is transmitted, and the transmitted shock is dispersed. ; A ventilation layer (P2) formed of an air sponge coupled to the lower surface of the impact diffusion layer, a fine air layer is formed to reduce shock and vibration transmitted through the impact diffusion layer, and to provide a more comfortable wearing feeling through ventilation; ; A shock absorbing layer (P3) formed of a urethane sponge to directly protect the foot of a baseball player by attenuating the amount of impact by a baseball transmitted through the air permeable sponge layer; characterized in that formed.

Here, the three-layer structure constituting the instep protection part and the ankle wing fixing part, the shock dissipation layer (P1) - the breathable layer (P2) - the shock absorbing layer (P3), is the shock absorbing layer (P3) - the shock dissipating layer (P1) - It is characterized in that it is possible to form in the order of the ventilation layer (P2).

On the other hand, it is preferable that the ankle bone protection part 210 concavely recessed into the inside of the circular shape provided to wrap and protect the peach bone above the ankle wing fixing part 200 is further formed, and the elastic fixing part 300 is the instep The lower part of the protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 is bent inwardly around the baseball shoe. It is characterized in that it is formed to be coupled from the upper side of the shoe instep or fitted to the rear side from the front side of the baseball shoe.

The present invention protects the feet of the baseball player by protecting the feet of the batter and the force from the baseball, predicts the direction of the baseball to prevent secondary injuries caused by the baseball, and has a special three-layer structure. It has excellent shock absorption and prevents injuries caused by baseballs, and has the advantage of preventing secondary injuries by predicting the direction by the repulsive force of the baseball by changing the interlayer structure of the triple structure.

1 is an overall perspective view of a baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.
Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.
Figure 3 is a side view of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.
Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the AA line of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.
Figure 5 is an enlarged view showing the layer structure of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.
Figure 6 is an enlarged view of another embodiment of the layer structure of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.
7 is a side view showing another embodiment capable of protecting the malleolus of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them, will become clear with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying spl drawings. Body However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but will be implemented in a number of different forms.

In this specification, this embodiment is provided to make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention to which the present invention belongs. And the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Thus, in some embodiments, well-known components, well-known operations and well-known techniques have not been described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the interpretation of the present invention.

Like reference numbers designate like elements throughout the specification. In addition, the terms used (mentioned) in this specification are for describing the embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention by any means. In this specification, singular forms also include plural forms unless specifically stated otherwise in a phrase. Also, elements and operations referred to as 'include (or include)' do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements and operations.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this specification may be used in a meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. In addition, terms defined in commonly used dictionaries are not interpreted ideally or excessively unless they are defined.

Hereinafter, technical features according to the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an overall perspective view of the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention, Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention, Figure 3 is a side view of the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention, Figure 4 is A-A line cross-sectional view of the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention, Figure 5 is an enlarged view showing the layer structure of the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention, Figure 6 is the layer structure of the protector for baseball shoes according to the present invention An enlarged view of another embodiment, Figure 7 is a side view showing another embodiment capable of protecting the malleolus of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention.

In the case of the baseball shoe protector according to the present invention, in the case of a batter, in the process of hitting a baseball thrown by a pitcher at home base, it is misplaced and hits the inside of the arch of his foot, instep, or toe, or the baseball thrown by the pitcher directly hits the batter's foot In the case of flying and hitting the foot, the amount of impact according to the flying speed of the baseball is offset to protect the batter's foot to prevent foot injury, and in the case of force, the layer structure of the baseball shoe protector is changed to randomize even if the baseball hits the foot It is possible to prevent rebound that causes secondary injury in the direction, and it is possible to protect the entire foot by wrapping the instep including the toe of the baseball shoe (BS) and wrapping the side of the arch and the ankle.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the foot guard for baseball shoes according to the present invention includes an instep protection unit 100, an ankle wing fixing unit 200, an elastic fixing unit 300, and a detachable means 400. It consists of

The instep protection unit 100 is formed to protect the toe and instep of the baseball player, and covers the upper part of the toe and instep corresponding to the toe and instep while wearing the baseball shoe, or is fitted and coupled from the front of the baseball shoe to the instep. It is formed in a shape along the length from the toe cap, vamp, and tongue of the shoe to the left and right to the outsole.

Here, the front reinforcement of the shoe is a place where the toe is usually located, and the forefoot is a place where the toe and the instep are located, and is a folded position in the process of walking or running. In addition, the tongue is a position to protect the instep when the shoelace is tied, and when an impact is applied by a baseball, injuries such as toe fractures or cracks in the instep frequently occur, protecting the toes and instep of baseball players. Haya is shaped to protect against foot injuries.

Therefore, the instep protection unit 100 is formed in a three-layered structure, and the joint incision 110 is formed at the Vamp portion, which is folded from the toe to the instep, and is formed so as to cover the toe and the instep. Here, it is preferable that the joint cutout 100 is formed on an impact dissipation layer in a three-layered structure made of a hard material, which will be described later. That is, in the three-layered structure described below, the impact diffusion layer, breathability layer, and shock absorption layer are made of hard materials to maintain the shape of the protector, so that the toe and instep are not bent while the baseball player is walking or running. If not, discomfort occurs during walking or running, and wearing becomes unnatural.

The ankle wing fixing part 200 is formed to protect the back counter position in the upper of the shoe worn by the baseball player, and extends to the left and right of the above-described instep protection part 100. Here, the upper usually refers to the upper position from the front reinforcement to the back reinforcement of the shoe, but in the present invention, it refers to the entire left and right side surfaces from the instep protection unit 100 to the back reinforcement. In addition, the back reinforcement is a part for protecting the heel and Achilles tendon.

Therefore, the ankle wing fixing part 200 covers the entire ankle circumference in the instep protection part 100 and is configured in a form that covers both the left and right sides of the arch of the foot. The ankle wing fixing part 200 is formed in the same triple structure as the instep protection part 100 and extends horizontally along the ankle to the left and right of the instep protection part, and the end extending horizontally to the left and right is from the Achilles tendon side of the heel. It is provided to wrap and fix the ankle while facing each other and overlapping and curling by elastic force.

The elastic fixing part 300 is formed on the lower side of the above-described instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200, that is, it is formed in the shape of a position corresponding to the circumference of the outsole of baseball shoes. However, in order to fix the instep protection part and the ankle wing fixing part of the baseball shoe protector to accurately protect the toe, instep, and arch of the foot of the baseball player, it is configured to be fixed by being curled by elastic force to the lower side of the sole of the baseball shoe. In order to be curled by the elastic force as described above, it is preferable to couple a wire having excellent elasticity such as spring steel to the lower end of the instep protection part and the ankle wing fixing part, but smaller than the circumference of the outsole of baseball shoes. Since spikes are formed on the bottom, the outsole and the ground are floating as high as the height of the spike, so they can be combined without interference with the ground.

As described above, the elastic fixing part 300 includes the instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 so that the instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 are fixed to the instep and ankle circumference of the baseball shoe BS. It is fixed while contracting to the lower surface of the outsole along the circumference of the baseball shoe (BS) on the lower side of the ankle wing fixing part 200.

The detachable means 400 prevents the instep protection part and the ankle wing fixing part from being separated from the outer skin side of the baseball shoe when the fixing force by the elastic fixing part 300 is lowered during a baseball game or practice, and the elastic fixing part It is for fixing more stably with the fixing force of 300, and is bonded to the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe (BS), and the instep protection unit 100 and the instep on the same side as the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe. The inner surface of the wing fixing part 200 is provided with Velcro to double the fixing force by interacting with the fixing force of the elastic fixing part 300.

As described above, the instep protection unit 100 and the ankle wing fixing unit 200 of the present invention according to such a configuration are formed in a triple structure, as shown in FIG. 5, and the triple structure is as mentioned above. Similarly, it is formed of an impact dispersion layer (P1), a ventilation layer (P2), and a shock absorption layer (P3).

The impact dissipation layer (P1) is configured to disperse the amount of impact generated when the baseball hits the foot of the baseball player, in particular, the batter. A baseball has a spherical shape, and when a baseball player, especially a batter, hits the toe, instep, or side of the arch in a situation where the batter swings the bat, the impact of the baseball due to point contact is concentrated in the impact dissipation layer. When applied directly to the foot of a baseball player, it causes injuries such as bone fractures or cracks, so the amount of impact concentrated at the vertex is dispersed to reduce the amount of impact.

Therefore, it is preferable to use any one of titanium and engineering plastics as a material for forming the impact dispersion layer, and such a material is a hard material and is easy to absorb and disperse an impact. Therefore, in the triple structure of the instep protection unit 100 and the instep wing fixing unit 200, it is preferable to configure the outermost shock dispersion layer. However, the impact dissipation layer is a hard material, and it is difficult to predict the direction by the repulsive force of the baseball due to the characteristic that the baseball is in contact with one vertex, and the decrease in the repulsive force of the baseball is small, so a second hit by the repelled baseball may occur . However, in the at-bat, most of the secondary blows can occur on the ground, on the catcher's side, or on the referee's side, so injury can be prevented by the guards according to the catcher's and referee's positions.

The ventilation layer (P2) is formed on the lower surface of the above-mentioned impact dispersion layer, and is preferably composed of an air sponge in which a plurality of fine air layers are formed. This can reduce the amount of impact dispersed by the micro-air layer while maintaining the comfort of wearing the protector during a baseball game or practice process. In addition, the vibration of the shock dispersion layer due to the amount of impact applied to the shock dispersion layer is also canceled, thereby reducing the vibration applied to the baseball player's foot.

The shock absorbing layer (P3) is formed coupled to the lower surface of the above-described breathable layer, and is configured to contact the outer surface of the baseball player's shoe to attenuate the amount of impact by the baseball transmitted through the air permeable sponge layer to directly damage the baseball player's foot. It is formed with urethane sponge to protect. Urethane sponge has high density, excellent elasticity, excellent durability, and a soft touch that can minimize skin trouble even when in direct contact with the skin, so it is applied and used in various fields such as high-density pillows and mattresses.

On the other hand, as mentioned above in the triple structure, the shock dissipation layer (P1) - ventilation layer (P2) - shock absorbing layer (P3), which is a triple structure constituting the instep protection unit and the ankle wing fixing unit, is shown in FIG. As shown in , it is also preferable to form the shock absorbing layer (P3) - the impact dissipation layer (P1) - the ventilation layer (P2) in this order.

The configuration as described above can be mainly applied to a baseball player having the same position as a catcher because the direction by the repulsive force of the baseball can be predicted to some extent and it is easy to cancel the repulsive force. In other words, in the process of swinging the bat like a batter, in the case of a baseball, the amount of impact is considerable, but in the case of a catcher who needs to predict the direction of the baseball by a slightly reduced amount of impact during the second repulsion, the arrangement of the three-layer structure is formed differently It is configured to predict the direction of the baseball.

That is, by forming the shock absorbing layer to the outside, the impact amount of the baseball ball concentrated at one vertex is in surface contact with respect to the direction in which the baseball ball flies, thereby rapidly canceling the impact amount to limit the secondary repulsion of the baseball ball and to limit the repulsive direction of the baseball ball. configured to be predictable. In this way, the amount of impact transmitted in a state where the repulsive force and the amount of impact are reduced to less than half is applied to the impact dispersion layer with less than half of the amount of impact in the shock absorbing layer, and the impact dissipation layer transmits the attenuated amount of impact through the ventilation layer, so that the catcher fires. At the same time, it is possible to prevent secondary accidents through prediction of the direction of the baseball. Here, since the catcher is in a position to receive the baseball, there is no direct hitting of the baseball, so it is possible to improve performance through the above structure.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 7, it is preferable to further form an ankle bone protection unit 210 concavely concave inwardly of a circular shape designed to wrap and protect the peach bone on the upper side of the ankle wing fixing unit 200, and this is also 3 It is preferable to configure with a heavy structure. Since peach bone injuries also occur mainly to batters among baseball players, it is preferable to configure the three-layered structure as an impact layer, a breathable layer, and a shock absorbing layer.

In addition, as mentioned above, the elastic fixing part 300 may be formed with a wire smaller than the circumference of the sole, but the instep protection part 100 and the lower part of the ankle wing fixing part 200 are bent inward around the circumference of the baseball shoe. It is also preferable to form a bent and constricted portion 310 so that the instep protection portion 100 and the lower portion of the ankle wing fixing portion 200 are widened from side to side to combine from the upper side of the instep of the baseball shoe or to be fitted from the front to the rear side of the baseball shoe. .

In the above, the present invention has been described in detail as one embodiment, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and it is clear that many variations and modifications are possible to those skilled in the art within the scope of the technical idea, and the present invention It will be included to the embodiment and substantially equivalent range of.

100: instep protection part 110: joint incision part
200: ankle wing fixing part 210: ankle bone protection part
300: elastic fixing part 310: bending contraction part
400: detachable means

Claims (5)

In the foot guard formed to wrap the instep including the toe of the baseball shoe (BS) and to wrap the side of the arch and the ankle,
An instep protection unit 100 formed in a triple structure and having a joint incision 110 formed at a folded portion extending from the toe to the instep and covering the toe and the instep;
It is formed in the same triple structure as the instep protector 100, and extends horizontally along the ankle to the left and right of the instep protector. An ankle wing fixing part 200 provided to wrap and fix the;
The instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 are fixed to the instep and ankle circumference of the baseball shoe (BS), so that the instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 are attached to the circumference of the baseball shoe (BS) on the lower side. An elastic fixing part 300 fixed while contracting to the lower surface of the sole along the;
Adhered to the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe (BS), the elastic fixing part 300 on the inner surface of the instep protection part 100 and the instep wing fixing part 200 on the same plane as the instep and arch side of the baseball shoe A protector for baseball shoes, characterized in that formed of a detachable means (400) provided with Velcro to interact with the fixing force to double the fixing force.
According to claim 1,
The triple structure of the instep protection part 100 and the instep wing fixing part 200 is a shock dissipation layer (P1) formed of any one of titanium and engineering plastic so that the baseball is in direct contact and the shock is transmitted, and the transmitted shock is dispersed. ;
A ventilation layer (P2) formed of an air sponge coupled to the lower surface of the impact diffusion layer, a fine air layer is formed to reduce shock and vibration transmitted through the impact diffusion layer, and to provide a more comfortable wearing feeling through ventilation; ;
A protector for baseball shoes, characterized in that formed of a shock absorbing layer (P3) formed of a urethane sponge to directly protect the feet of a baseball player by attenuating the amount of impact by a baseball transmitted through the air permeable sponge layer.
According to claim 2,
The triple structure of the instep protection part and the ankle wing fixing part, the shock dissipation layer (P1) - the ventilation layer (P2) - the shock absorption layer (P3), is the shock absorption layer (P3) - the shock dispersion layer (P1) - ventilation A protector for baseball shoes, characterized in that it can be formed in the order of the layer (P2).
According to claim 1,
A baseball shoe protector, characterized in that the ankle bone protection portion 210 concavely recessed into the inside of the circular shape provided to wrap and protect the peach bone above the ankle wing fixing portion 200 is further formed.
According to claim 1,
The elastic fixing part 300 is formed with a bending contraction part 310 so that the lower part of the instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing fixing part 200 is bent inward around the circumference of the baseball shoe, so that the instep protection part 100 and the ankle wing A protector for baseball shoes, characterized in that it is formed to be coupled from the upper side of the instep of the baseball shoe by opening the lower portion of the top 200 from side to side or to be fitted from the front to the rear side of the baseball shoe.

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