US20060265900A1

US20060265900A1 - Breathing insole with ventilating function

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Publication number: US20060265900A1
Application number: US11/195,707
Authority: US
Inventors: Chung-Jen Lin
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-05-25
Filing date: 2005-08-03
Publication date: 2006-11-30

Abstract

This invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, which is made of the shoe-shaped upper & lower insoles and porous layer; its features are as follows: when the upper insole is molded, the containing trough is made in concave in the central part of its bottom according to shape of shoe, frame around containing trough is also formed so that upper and lower insole are glued and form an air chamber. Several elastic protruding bodies are fixed in the arch of containing trough of this upper insole; porous layer contacting sole of the foot is glued onto upper insole. In addition, based on upper insole and porous layer, several inlet holes and outlet holes are respectively made in the heel portion and in the front thenar portion of foot; as the breathing insol with ventilating function is placed into shoes, the continuous trample and lift-up by the shoe wearer while walking may push cool air around the heel portion into the front thenar portion of the foot, the wet and hot air around the front thenar portion of foot inside shoe can be exhausted, therefore, shoes may keep ventilating and discharging heat effectively.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1) Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, in which, a concave containing trough in the central part of the upper insole with frame is glued to the lower insole so as to shape an air chamber based on potential difference. Several elastic protruding bodies are fixed at the arch of containing trough of upper insole in order to fend off air chamber, so as to increase the room of air chamber, the upper insole and porous layer gluing onto upper insole and contacting the sole of the foot, several inlet and outlet holes are designed at the heel portion and the front thenar portion of the foot; thereby, the trample of the wearer, can circulate air to keep shoe ventilation.
2) Description of the Prior Art
Usually, when the wearer put on shoes and socks, heat and sweat will be produced while walking. The inside air of the shoes is difficult to exhaust, when the temperature is high. Therefore, the wearer may feel uncomfortable, the feet of wearer may stink, furthermore, the wearer may have the annoying Hong Kong foot due to multiplying of mildew, so, it is the vital subject for shoe producer to solve the problem of wet and heat; However, the current methods to improve ventilation of shoes are many, the insole with ventilating function, such as U.S. Pat. No. 4,215,492U.S. Pat. No. 5,010,661 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,333,397, which fix elastic envelope at the heel portion of the foot with different methods. And they set inlet holes at the heel portion or rear edge of the heel portion, set outlet holes at the front thenar portion of the foot or the region of the toes of the wearer, the continuous stepping down and lifting up by sole of the wearer walking may push cool air around the heel to enter into the front thenar of the foot, exhaust moist, muggy air around the front thenar of foot inside shoe, therefore, the shoes may ventilate and release heat. However, this model of product has limited air contents due to small fend-off envelope, the thickness of insole must be increased if you want to add air contents, so, it isn't applicable for common shoes. Another example, such as the U.S. Pat. No. 4,224,746, which is an insole with ventilating function, it use a member formed of a resilient, porous material enclosed in an impervious envelope having a plurality of air inlet ports near the rear edge of its heel portion and a plurality of air outlet ports in its front thenar portion in the region of the toes of the wearer of the shoe. Such a construction, in addition to cushioning the foot, provides for drawing cool air into the toe region of the shoe as a result of the normal walking action.
The envelope supported by such sponge elastic body uses interval of sponge to contain air, so, its air contents may be reduced, and this supporting body may be fatigued due to the extrusion of the wearer weight. The above described data are ineffective, hereby, we will put forward an improved insole which is light and thin with large air contents and effective ventilating function, and it is applicable for all sorts of shoes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The purpose of this invention is to provide a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein a concave containing trough in the central part of the upper insole with frame, upper and lower insoles are glued together so as to shape an air chamber which is based on potential difference. Several elastic protruding bodies are fixed at the arch of the upper insole in order to fend off air chamber. The porous layer is glued onto upper insole, several inlet and outlet holes are designed at the heel portion and the front thenar portion of the porous layer and upper insole; thereby, trample of sole of the wearer can circulate air while walking, so as to keep shoes ventilation.
The second purpose of this invention is to provide a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein the structure of this invention is simple and without any assistant component (such as air valve, air guide pipe), insole itself forms air chamber, and the insole is light & thin and large air contents, therefore, it can not only exhaust large quantity of air, but also is comfortable to wearer.
The third purpose of this invention is to provide a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein, the molding of the upper insole of this invention can save workload and material, its cost of production may be reduced.
The fourth purpose of this invention is to provide a breathing insole with ventilating function, When a concave containing trough in the central part of the lower insole with frame, and concave containing trough can be designed equally distributed protruding points in the lower insole and the porous layer are glued together so as to shape an air chamber. Several elastic protruding bodies are fixed at the arch of the lower insole in order to fend off air chamber, several inlet and outlet holes are designed at the heel portion and the front thenar portion of the porous layer; thereby. The wearer can be easier to exhaust moist muggy air on foot while walking, so as to keep shoes ventilating more effectively.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the three-dimensional exploded view of the structure of this invention.
FIG. 2 is the status sketch map of this invention as trampling.
FIG. 3 is the status sketch map of this invention as the foot leaves the ground.
FIG. 4 is the structure sketch map of this invention as its containing trough is mesh pattern supporting body.
FIG. 4-A is the partial enlarged view of mesh pattern supporting body of this invention.
FIG. 4-B is the partial enlarged view of this invention as mesh pattern supporting body is made up of mesh passing-through hole.
FIG. 4-C is the partial enlarged view of this invention as mesh pattern supporting body is made up of blind hole.
FIG. 5 is the structure sketch map of air guide groove fixing in the containing trough of this invention.
FIG. 6 is the structure sketch map of the protruding points fixed in the containing trough of this invention.
FIG. 7 is the three-dimensional exploded view of another structure of this invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The executive structure and applied example of this invention are hereby specially described with legend descriptions in the following, meanwhile, please refer to FIG. 1, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, you can understand that this invention is to use the shoe-shaped upper insole 2, lower insole 3 and porous layer 4 (cloth or leather) glued into insole 5; wherein:
When this upper insole 2 is molded, concave containing trough 21 is made in central part of its bottom according to the pattern of the shoe, and form frame 22 around containing trough 21, upper insole 2 and lower insole 3 are glued and made into the air chamber S, several elastic protruding bodies 23 are fixed at the arch P3 of the upper insole 2 to fend off air chamber S, porous layer 4 contacting to the sole of the foot is glued onto upper insole 2. In addition, upper insole 2 and porous layer 4, are designed several inlet holes 211, 41 (211 and 41 are arranged in parallel and communicated with air chamber S) and outlet holes 212, 42 (212 and 42 are arranged in parallel and communicated with air chamber S) at the heel portion P1 and the front thenar portion P2 of the foot so that the air in the air chamber S circulates all the time and keep shoes ventilating. when the shoe wearer is walking, steps down foot P, its heel portion P1 steps down first, which covers inlet holes 41 of porous layer 4 and inlet holes 211 of the upper insole 2 so as to push out the air A inside air chamber S from outlet holes 212 of the upper insole 2 and outlet holes 42 of the porous layer 4, cool air around heel portion may enter the front thenar portion of the foot and exhaust wet and hot air at the front thenar of the foot inside shoe, therefore, the shoes may keep ventilating and discharging heat (refer to FIG. 2). As foot P raises up, its front thenar p2 of the foot covers outlet holes, heel P1 leaves the ground first, elasticity of the elastic protruding bodies 23 at the arch P3 of insole can fend off air chamber S, inlet holes 41 of the porous layer 4 and inlet holes 211 of the upper insole 2 may absorb fresh air A, therefore, air chamber S will have fresh air, so that air can be changed continuously inside the shoe 6 (refer to FIG. 3).
In addition, please refer to FIG. 4, FIG. 4-A, FIG. 4-B and FIG. 4-C, when the upper insole 2A of this invention is molded, concave containing trough 21A made in its central part is mesh pattern supporting body 24, mesh shape of the mesh pattern supporting body can be rectangle, column or slope; column, mesh can also be passing- through hole 241 (such as FIG. 4-B) or one end contacting porous layer 4 can be closed into concave hole 242 (such as FIG. 4-C), and designed into gap slot 25 in proper size in the bottom of each interlayer (shape of gap slot 25 is variable) (such as FIG. 4-A), frame 22 with potential difference is made around the supporting body 24; air chamber S is formed between upper insole 2 and lower insole 3, several elastic protruding bodies 23 are fixed at the arch P3 of containing trough 21A of the upper insole 2A. The upper insole 2A and porous layer 4(cloth or leather) contacting sole of the foot & glued onto the upper insole 2A, set respectively several inlet holes 211,41 and outlet holes 212,42 communicating with air chamber S so that the shoe can keep the air in the air chambers circulating.
Please refer to FIG. 5, when the upper insole 2B of this invention is molded, containing trough 21B can also be formed in the concave according to shape of shoe in the central part of the bottom, and frame 22 is formed around containing trough 21B, this containing trough 21B is equally set air guide grooves 26 in a complete distributing mode so as to add air A contents of air chamber S, elastic protruding bodies 23 are fixed at the arch P3 in containing trough 21B of upper insole 2B, upper insole 2B and porous layer 4 (cloth or leather) glued onto upper insole 2B and contacted sole of the foot, set respectively inlet holes 211,41 and outlet holes 212,42 (such as FIG. 5) communicating with air chamber S.
Then, please refer to FIG. 6 when upper insole 2C of this case is molded, containing trough 21C is made in concave central part of bottom according to the shape of the shoe, and frame 22 is formed around the containing trough 21C, the protruding points 27 are equally distributed on containing trough 21C, which may fend off upper insole 2 and lower insole 3, enlarge space of air chamber S and get freshr air circulating. Elastic protruding bodies 23 are fixed at the arch P3 of containing trough 21C of upper insole 2C, the upper insole 2C and porous layer 4 (cloth or leather) glued onto upper insole 2C and contacted with the sole of the foot, set respectively several inlet holes 211, 41 and outlet holes 212, 42 communicating with air chamber S (refer to FIG. 6).
Furthermore, please refer to description of FIG. 7, wherein, when the lower insole 7 of this case is molded, containing trough 71 is made in the concave central part of the bottom according to shape of shoes, the frame 72 is formed around its containing trough 71, and several elastic protruding bodies 73 are fixed at the arch of the containing trough 71 of lower insole 7 in order to fend off air chamber, and then, glue porous layer 4 with inlet holes 41 in its heel portion p1 and outlet holes 42 in the front thenar portion p2 onto the top side of the frame 72 of the lower insole 7, so as to form air chamber for breathing insole and its concave containing trough 71 of the lower insole 7 can be made as equally distributed protruding points (such as protruding points 27 of FIG. 6), air guide grooves (such as air guide grooves 26 of FIG. 5), or mesh pattern supporting body (such as supporting body 24 of FIG. 4), mesh shape of the mesh pattern supporting body is designed as concave at one end contacting with porous layer can be opened and the other end can be closed

Claims

1. A breathing insole with ventilating function, which is made of shoe-shaped upper and lower insoles and porous layer (cloth or leather) ; its features are as follows:

When the upper insole is molded, one containing trough is made in concave in the central part of bottom according to shape of shoe, and forms frame around containing trough so that the frame of upper insole is glued onto lower insole and makes air chamber, several elastic protruding bodies fending off air chamber are fixed at the arch of the upper insole, one porous layer contacting sole of the foot is glued onto upper insole. In addition, upper insole and porous layer, set several inlet holes in heel portion and outlet holes in the front thenar portion of foot; when the wearer is walking, the continuous trample and lift-up may push cool air around the heel portion into the front thenar portion and exhaust wet and hot air around the front thenar portion inside the shoes, therefore, the shoes may keep ventilating.

2. As described in claim 1, this invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein one containing trough is made in concave in the central part of bottom according to the shape of shoe, and form frame around the containing trough, the containing trough is mesh pattern supporting body, bottom of each interlayer of the mesh pattern supporting body has concave gap slot, however, mesh shape of the mesh pattern supporting body can be square, circular or in any other irregular geometric shape, mesh can be made into as passing-through hole or one end contacting porous layer is closed.

3. As described in claim 1, the invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein one containing trough is made in concave in the central part of its bottom according to the shape of shoes, and form frame around the containing trough, the containing trough is fixed by several grooves to guide air to add air contents of air chamber.

4. As described in claim 1, this invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein one containing trough is made in concave in the central part of its bottom according to the shape of shoe, and form frame around containing trough, the protruding points are equally distributed over containing trough so as to fend off upper and lower insole for better air convection.

5. As described in claim 1, this invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein in this case, the lower insole is molded with concave containing trough in the central part of the bottom according to the shape of shoe and forms frame around containing trough, and several protruding bodies are fixed at the arch of the lower insole so as to fend off air chamber, and then the porous layer with several inlet holes in the heel portion and outlet holes in the front thenar portion of the foot is glued on the top side of the frame of the lower insole, and make air chamber for breathing insole.

6. As described in claim 5, the invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, wherein in this case the insole is glued by porous layer and lower insole, concave containing trough of the lower insole can be made as equally distributed protruding points, air guide grooves or mesh pattern supporting body, the mesh shape of the mesh pattern supporting body is designed as concave at one end contacting with porous layer.