WO2007086806A1 - Customizing fitting insole to fit shape and features of individuals - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A43B7/142—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements with foot-supporting parts with pads or holes on one or more locations, or having an anatomical or curved form characterised by the location under the foot situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
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- the present invention relates to a customizing fitting insole customized by foot shape and feature of individuals, and more particularly, to a customizing fitting insole in which at least two hot melt sheets are provided which are
- thermoplastic resin reformable at a certain temperature composed of thermoplastic resin reformable at a certain temperature and have a flexibility and hardness different from each other according to the sole of a foot.
- An insole of the prior art has been fabricated by mass production with 15 reference to the data of average last by region, so that it has been impossible to post-form it suitable to one's foot shape and feature.
- such high functional custom footwear is provided so that a mold customized by one's foot is made using plaster, and a custom insole that is to be inserted into the footwear is made using the mold, so that it takes much time to make the mold and the insole using the same, causing a problem in that mass production is impossible due to a process for customized ordering from particular person thus to be a burden on costs.
- insoles have been developing which can be easily customized by one's foot feature using heat-forming by the person.
- custom insoles of the prior art are fabricated by the steps of providing the insole suitable to a foot width and a size of the foot of a person, adjusting a height of the insole or laminating a cushion, and adhering thereto plastics for supporting the arches of the foot, so that there are no cases that one conveniently forms them later suitable to one's foot shape at a comfortable place that is not a particular place.
- the present invention is directed to a customizing fitting insole that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
- An object of the present invention is to provide a customizing fitting insole that one can heat-form it later suitable to one's own feature according to motion feature and foot shape so that one particularly having a flat foot or wide arch gets on a comfortable footwear using a customizing function.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a customizing fitting insole and a manufacturing method thereof in which process, time and costs for fabricating the same are reduced so that one can personally made it easily proper to his foot shape.
- Further object of the present invention is to provide a method for correcting a customizing fitting insole with easy simple, fast and economic forming process.
- a customizing fitting insole comprising at least two hot melt sheets which are composed of thermoplastic resin reformable to a certain temperature and have a flexibility and hardness different from each other according to areas of foot bottom.
- a method for manufacturing a customizing fitting insole comprising the steps of: 85 cutting out a hot-melt sheet by areas of foot bottom; adhering the cut hot-melt sheet under a common insole so as to accommodate to an area of foot bottom; and placing the insole in a die and forming the same with a heat-press to have a shape of foot bottom.
- a method for correcting a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's feature and foot shape comprising the steps of: cutting out an insole with its length and width accommodating to a measure of one's foot; heating the cut insole using a drying or oven; and placing the heated insole into a footwear and putting and pressing a
- a customizing fitting insole according to the present invention has an advantage in that it can be precisely fitted to one's foot shape and feature to provide comfort of foot, improvement of functionality of footwear, minimization of 100 deform of foot and so on.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's foot shape and feature according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view showing a hot-melt layer composed 115 of thermoplastic resin according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a heater oven used to fabricate a customizing fitting insole of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is process views showing a manufacturing method of a customizing fitting insole and a correcting method by user.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's foot shape and feature according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view showing a hot-melt layer composed of thermoplastic resin according to a preferred embodiment of the
- a customizing fitting insole of the present invention includes a layer of common foam sheet 1 , a fabric layer 2 for prevention of slip and moisturizing effect, hot-melt sheet layers 4 and 5 formable suitably to one's 150 foot shape and supporting the layer of foam sheet 1, and a layer of non-woven fabric 3 for increase of adhesion force between the hotmelt sheet layer 4 and the ; layer of foam sheet 1.
- the layer of foam sheet is provided by foaming common material 155 such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) or polyurethane (PU) and forming the same, and more preferably, instead of a closed cell type EVA foam sheet, an open cell type PU foam sheet is used as the layer of foam sheet.
- EVA ethylene vinyl acetate
- PU polyurethane
- Such foam sheet disperses the weight of foot, a load, to provide a 160 comfort, protecting the foot from an external shock.
- the fabric of the fabric layer is attached on the layer of foam sheet to obtain the prevention of slip of foot and the absorption of the sweat, and to print a gauge scale as to match with a standard size and shape of foot so that one can 165 easily cut the same suitable to one's size and shape of the foot.
- the non-woven fabric intensifies the adhesion between the hot-melt sheet and the foam sheet and has an auxiliary function of the absorption of the sweat and the reduction of heterogeneous feeling due to difference of hardness 170 of hot-melt sheet.
- the sheet of the hot-melt sheet is preferably formed with thermoplastic resin formable at 70 to 9O 0 C and reformable by 5-6 times.
- the thickness of the hot-melt sheet is regulated to adjust a time required for forming.
- the thickness is generally regulated so that the forming can be conducted for 2-3 minutes.
- the above temperature range can be obtained using a hair drying or oven 180 without a separate heating device, so that one can easily form the customizing fitting insole at household to correct the same.
- the fitting insole of the present invention comprises at least two hot-melt sheets having flexibility and hardness difference from each other 185 according to areas of foot bottom.
- the hot-melt sheet with flexibility is advantageous into which toes can be bent, and in a portion of the arch, the hot- melt sheet with a structure for supporting the same and a load is advantageous to 190 provide a comfort and balance to one's body.
- At least two hot-melt sheets is preferably provided under the above foam sheet in such a manner that hot-melt sheets with different flexibility and hardness, each suitable to a special portion of foot bottom, are laminated in a 195 proper shape.
- portion of foot bottom is specified into particular portions according to motion and personal feature.
- hot-melt sheet having flexibility and hardness suitable to the same is applied so that a 200 comfort and balance are provided to the whole of the foot.
- the portion of the foot bottom is i preferably divided into toes, arch or heel.
- the hot-melt sheet can be preferably used which has flexibility to be flexed according to the motion to toe joint.
- the hot-melt sheet can be preferably used which has a (Structure having stress (tension) for supporting the same, which structure * 210 disperses a load of one's body to reduce fatigue of foot and to correct the arch, particularly in case of flat foot.
- a thickened hot-melt sheet with flexibility is provided or a shock absorption member is further provided so as to soften the 215 shock of foot.
- the shock absorption member may be EVA sponge, pylon sponge, polyurethane sponge and so on.
- a customizing fitting insole of the present invention including at least two layers 4 and 5 of hot-melt sheets comprises a fabric sheet layer 2 on a foam sheet layer 1 of the whole foot shape, and a non-woven fabric layer 3 under the foam sheet layer 1.
- the hot-melt sheet layers includes a flexible hot-melt sheet layer 4 (hot-melt sheet #1) under the non-woven fabric
- the two hot-melt sheets having different flexibility and hardness are properly cut to /a portion of foot bottom and are then attached 230 thereto.
- invention is manufactured by the steps of adhering the foam sheet and the fabric and laminating the same, pre-attaching the non-woven fabric to which gauge scale is printed and which is cut to foot shape, the pre-formed hot-melt sheet #1 and hot-melt sheet #2 one after another, inserting the laminated insole to be 240 matched with a forming guide pin of a die, heat-forming the same, and cutting the , heat-formed one.
- the method for correcting the insole by user comprises the steps of cutting out the customizing fitting insole manufactured according to the present invention to a gauge scale line suitable to a shape and size of the foot, pre-heating the insole with a dryer or oven at 70 to 9O 0 C for 2-3 minutes, and
- a customizing fitting insole is provided that one can heat-foam it later suitable to one's own feature according to motion feature and foot shape so that one particularly having a flat foot or wide arch gets on a comfortable footwear using a customizing function.
- a customizing fitting insole and a -manufacturing method thereof is provided in which process, time and costs for fabricating the same are reduced so that one can personally make it easily proper to his foot shape.
- a method for correcting a customizing fitting insole which has 260 easy, simple, fast and economic forming process.
Abstract
The invention relates to a customizing fitting insole comprising at least two hot melt sheets (4 & 5) which are composed of thermoplastic resin formable at a certain temperature and have a flexibility and hardness different from each other according to areas of foot bottom. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a customizing fitting insole and a method for correcting a customized fitting insole to one's features and foot shape.
Description
CUSTOMIZING FITTING INSOLE TO FIT SHAPE AND FEATURES OF INDIVIDUALS
THE DESCRIPTION
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to a customizing fitting insole customized by foot shape and feature of individuals, and more particularly, to a customizing fitting insole in which at least two hot melt sheets are provided which are
10 composed of thermoplastic resin reformable at a certain temperature and have a flexibility and hardness different from each other according to the sole of a foot.
Background Art
An insole of the prior art has been fabricated by mass production with 15 reference to the data of average last by region, so that it has been impossible to post-form it suitable to one's foot shape and feature.
However, when one gets on the insole that is not matched with one's foot shape and feature and walks down the road, an excessive load will be applied to 20 the foot bottom, rendering one easily feeing fatigue, when prolonged for long- term, possibly causing a problem of damaging foot.
To solve this problem, in case of a functional footwear including marathon footwear, golf footwear, inline skate, mountaineering footwear and so on, which
25 are subject to receive a pressure with its certain region of the foot bottom, with the increase of a user population for it, it would be required a custom footwear customized by one's foot shape.
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However, such high functional custom footwear is provided so that a mold customized by one's foot is made using plaster, and a custom insole that is to be inserted into the footwear is made using the mold, so that it takes much time to make the mold and the insole using the same, causing a problem in that mass production is impossible due to a process for customized ordering from particular person thus to be a burden on costs.
Accordingly, recently, insoles have been developing which can be easily customized by one's foot feature using heat-forming by the person.
However, in case of many of the custom insoles of the prior art, they are fabricated by the steps of providing the insole suitable to a foot width and a size of the foot of a person, adjusting a height of the insole or laminating a cushion, and adhering thereto plastics for supporting the arches of the foot, so that there are no cases that one conveniently forms them later suitable to one's foot shape at a comfortable place that is not a particular place.
Also, for the insoles of the prior art, instead of customized articles, articles for health to which forming materials such as charcoal, mineral stone, or jade powder and so on are added are the main current of products of insoles.
Disclosure of the Invention ,
Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a customizing fitting insole that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art.
An object of the present invention is to provide a customizing fitting insole that one can heat-form it later suitable to one's own feature according to motion feature and foot shape so that one particularly having a flat foot or wide arch gets on a comfortable footwear using a customizing function.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a customizing fitting insole and a manufacturing method thereof in which process, time and costs for fabricating the same are reduced so that one can personally made it easily proper to his foot shape.
Further object of the present invention is to provide a method for correcting a customizing fitting insole with easy simple, fast and economic forming process.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims thereof as well as the appended drawings.
To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purposes of the' present invention, as embodied and broadly described, there is provided a customizing fitting insole comprising at least two hot melt sheets which are composed of thermoplastic resin reformable to a certain temperature and have a flexibility and hardness different from each other according to areas of foot bottom.
According to another feature of the present invention, there is provided a method for manufacturing a customizing fitting insole, comprising the steps of: 85 cutting out a hot-melt sheet by areas of foot bottom; adhering the cut hot-melt sheet under a common insole so as to accommodate to an area of foot bottom; and placing the insole in a die and forming the same with a heat-press to have a shape of foot bottom.
90 According to further feature of the present invention, there is provided a method for correcting a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's feature and foot shape, comprising the steps of: cutting out an insole with its length and width accommodating to a measure of one's foot; heating the cut insole using a drying or oven; and placing the heated insole into a footwear and putting and pressing a
95 foot on the insole to pattern after the foot.
A customizing fitting insole according to the present invention has an advantage in that it can be precisely fitted to one's foot shape and feature to provide comfort of foot, improvement of functionality of footwear, minimization of 100 deform of foot and so on.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further ' .understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of 105 this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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110 FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's foot shape and feature according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view showing a hot-melt layer composed 115 of thermoplastic resin according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a heater oven used to fabricate a customizing fitting insole of the present invention; and 120
FIG. 4 is process views showing a manufacturing method of a customizing fitting insole and a correcting method by user.
Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
125 Hereinafter, preferred embodiments! of the present invention will be , described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.
Also, the same constructions and operations as that of the prior art will not be repeatedly described if required. 130
The embodiments and the drawings of the present invention have been described and illustrated in order only to easily explain the present invention, which could not limit the scope of the present invention.
135 Therefore, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention that come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's foot shape and feature according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic exploded view showing a hot-melt layer composed of thermoplastic resin according to a preferred embodiment of the
145 present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1 , a customizing fitting insole of the present invention includes a layer of common foam sheet 1 , a fabric layer 2 for prevention of slip and moisturizing effect, hot-melt sheet layers 4 and 5 formable suitably to one's 150 foot shape and supporting the layer of foam sheet 1, and a layer of non-woven fabric 3 for increase of adhesion force between the hotmelt sheet layer 4 and the ; layer of foam sheet 1.
Herein, the layer of foam sheet is provided by foaming common material 155 such as ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) or polyurethane (PU) and forming the same, and more preferably, instead of a closed cell type EVA foam sheet, an open cell type PU foam sheet is used as the layer of foam sheet.
Such foam sheet disperses the weight of foot, a load, to provide a 160 comfort, protecting the foot from an external shock.
The fabric of the fabric layer is attached on the layer of foam sheet to obtain the prevention of slip of foot and the absorption of the sweat, and to print a gauge scale as to match with a standard size and shape of foot so that one can 165 easily cut the same suitable to one's size and shape of the foot.
Also, the non-woven fabric intensifies the adhesion between the hot-melt sheet and the foam sheet and has an auxiliary function of the absorption of the sweat and the reduction of heterogeneous feeling due to difference of hardness 170 of hot-melt sheet.
The sheet of the hot-melt sheet is preferably formed with thermoplastic resin formable at 70 to 9O0C and reformable by 5-6 times.
175 The thickness of the hot-melt sheet is regulated to adjust a time required for forming. The thickness is generally regulated so that the forming can be conducted for 2-3 minutes.
The above temperature range can be obtained using a hair drying or oven 180 without a separate heating device, so that one can easily form the customizing fitting insole at household to correct the same.
Preferably, the fitting insole of the present invention comprises at least two hot-melt sheets having flexibility and hardness difference from each other 185 according to areas of foot bottom.
The reason is that in a portion of toes, the hot-melt sheet with flexibility is advantageous into which toes can be bent, and in a portion of the arch, the hot- melt sheet with a structure for supporting the same and a load is advantageous to 190 provide a comfort and balance to one's body.
Also, at least two hot-melt sheets is preferably provided under the above foam sheet in such a manner that hot-melt sheets with different flexibility and hardness, each suitable to a special portion of foot bottom, are laminated in a 195 proper shape.
Further, the portion of foot bottom is specified into particular portions according to motion and personal feature. To the particular portions, hot-melt sheet having flexibility and hardness suitable to the same is applied so that a 200 comfort and balance are provided to the whole of the foot.
To obtain a mass production, however, the portion of the foot bottom is i preferably divided into toes, arch or heel.
205 Herein, in the toes, the hot-melt sheet can be preferably used which has flexibility to be flexed according to the motion to toe joint.
Also, in the arch, the hot-melt sheet can be preferably used which has a (Structure having stress (tension) for supporting the same, which structure* 210 disperses a load of one's body to reduce fatigue of foot and to correct the arch, particularly in case of flat foot.
Further, in the heel, preferably, a thickened hot-melt sheet with flexibility is provided or a shock absorption member is further provided so as to soften the 215 shock of foot. The shock absorption member may be EVA sponge, pylon sponge, polyurethane sponge and so on.
If necessary, one can further attach a cushion to a desired portion.
220 As shown in FIG. 2, a customizing fitting insole of the present invention including at least two layers 4 and 5 of hot-melt sheets comprises a fabric sheet layer 2 on a foam sheet layer 1 of the whole foot shape, and a non-woven fabric layer 3 under the foam sheet layer 1. The hot-melt sheet layers includes a flexible hot-melt sheet layer 4 (hot-melt sheet #1) under the non-woven fabric
225 sheet to cover the whole foot bottom ad the other hot-melt sheet layer 5 (hot-melt sheet #2) to the arch to have stiff hardness.
Herein, preferably, the two hot-melt sheets having different flexibility and hardness are properly cut to /a portion of foot bottom and are then attached 230 thereto.
This is the reason why one can easily correct the insole when one reheats the pre-formed insole to correct the same.
235 That is, as shown in FIG. 4, the customizing fitting insole of the present . " invention is manufactured by the steps of adhering the foam sheet and the fabric and laminating the same, pre-attaching the non-woven fabric to which gauge scale is printed and which is cut to foot shape, the pre-formed hot-melt sheet #1 and hot-melt sheet #2 one after another, inserting the laminated insole to be
240 matched with a forming guide pin of a die, heat-forming the same, and cutting the , heat-formed one. The method for correcting the insole by user comprises the steps of cutting out the customizing fitting insole manufactured according to the present invention to a gauge scale line suitable to a shape and size of the foot, pre-heating the insole with a dryer or oven at 70 to 9O0C for 2-3 minutes, and
245 inserting the pre-heating insole into footwear and fastening shoelace for 4 minutes after one puts on the footwear, so as to correct the insole suitable to one's foot shape and feature.
Industrial Applicability
250 A customizing fitting insole is provided that one can heat-foam it later suitable to one's own feature according to motion feature and foot shape so that one particularly having a flat foot or wide arch gets on a comfortable footwear using a customizing function.
255 A customizing fitting insole and a -manufacturing method thereof is provided in which process, time and costs for fabricating the same are reduced so that one can personally make it easily proper to his foot shape.
A method for correcting a customizing fitting insole is provided which has 260 easy, simple, fast and economic forming process.
While the present invention has been described and illustrated herein with • reference to the preferred embodiments thereof, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made therein 265 without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended
that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention that come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
Claims
1. A customizing fitting insole comprising at least two hot melt sheets which are composed of thermoplastic resin reformable at a certain temperature' and have a flexibility and hardness different from each other according to a portion of foot bottom.
2. The customizing fitting insole according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of foot bottom is a toe, arch or heel.
3. The customizing fitting insole according to claim 2, wherein in the toe, the hot-melt sheet is sued which has flexibility to be flexed according to the motion of a toe joint.
4. The customizing fitting insole according to claim 2, wherein, in the arch, the hot-melt sheet is used which has a structure having stress (tension) for supporting the same.
5. The customizing fitting insole according to claim 2, wherein, in the heel, a shock absorption member is further provided.
6. The customizing fitting insole according to any one of precedent claims 1
: to 4, wherein the thermoplastic resin Is one that is transformed into gel '. state by heat ranging from 70 to 90°C and is solidified by room temperature cooling. 00014
7. A method for manufacturing a customizing fitting insole, comprising the steps of: cutting out the hot-melt sheet of claim 1 by a portion of foot bottom; adhering the cut hot-melt sheet under a common insole so as to accommodate to an area of foot bottom; and placing the insole in a die and forming the same with a heat-press to have a shape of foot bottom.
8. A method for correcting a customizing fitting insole suitable to one's feature and foot shape, comprising the steps of: cutting out the insole of claim 1 with its length and width accommodating to a measure of one's foot; heating the cut insole using a dryer or oven; and placing the heated insole into a footwear and putting and pressing a foot on the insole to pattern after the foot.
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