WO2009082770A1 - Device for protecting heels - Google Patents
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- WO2009082770A1 WO2009082770A1 PCT/AT2008/000402 AT2008000402W WO2009082770A1 WO 2009082770 A1 WO2009082770 A1 WO 2009082770A1 AT 2008000402 W AT2008000402 W AT 2008000402W WO 2009082770 A1 WO2009082770 A1 WO 2009082770A1
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- end wall
- hollow body
- heel
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- heels
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B21/00—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts
- A43B21/36—Heels; Top-pieces or top-lifts characterised by their attachment; Securing devices for the attaching means
- A43B21/42—Heels with replaceable or adjustable parts, e.g. top lift
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43C—FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL
- A43C13/00—Wear-resisting attachments
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- the invention relates to a device for protecting floors and / or shoe heels, in particular of stiletto heel, comprising a flexible hollow body for grasping the shoe heel.
- High-heeled shoes such as pumps or high-heels have become increasingly popular for decades, whether as a business shoe or during leisure.
- a heel is already considered a "high heel” if he is taller than 3 cm.
- the shape of the heel can vary widely, from wide under-heel pads to heel-to-toe heels in so-called stiletto heels that taper towards the floor. Due to the high surface pressure with small sales area there is a risk of sinking into soft ground and damage to the heel. Furthermore, like heels damage delicate wooden floors or parquets.
- GB-PS 834,109 shows and describes a flexible "bag” which serves to protect both the peduncle and the ground.
- the invention now aims to provide a device of the type mentioned, which allows the wearer of the shoe in a simple manner to provide the shoe heel with a protection or a cross-sectional enlargement, so that walking on uneven or sloping floors is facilitated and the heel or Stöckel can be protected from dirt and the weather.
- the device according to the invention is also intended to provide a sensitive floor, such as e.g. Parquet can be protected from damage.
- the device to be created by the invention without auxiliary tools and without the risk of damaging the heel should be easily installed and removed.
- the device according to the invention is characterized essentially by the fact that an end wall of the hollow body has a plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffening and the opposite end wall is formed slotted.
- the device is thereby pushed in a simple manner with the slotted front wall first on the heel or heel of the shoe.
- the fact that the end wall opposite the slotted end wall is provided with a plate-like reinforcement or stiffening creates a stable support surface for the shoulder and at the same time increases the footprint on the ground.
- the weight carried by the heel or heel no longer acts on the floor only over the small area of the heel, but is applied to the larger area of the plate-like reinforcement or stiffening distributed, which reduces the selective pressure on the ground.
- the design as a hollow body a device is provided with low weight, which accordingly requires low holding forces to safely stay on the heel. Also, the removal of the device is possible without much effort.
- the slotted design of the end wall provides a simple way to push the device onto the shoulder, wherein the formed due to the slit flexible tongues are bent inwardly and thereby can exert an elastic holding force on the paragraph.
- the device is designed so that the flexible hollow body is substantially cuboid.
- Other shapes are also conceivable in which two substantially parallel end walls are provided, which are connected to one another via a jacket standing essentially perpendicular to the end faces, such as e.g. cylindrical or prismatic hollow body.
- a hollow body in the form of a hemisphere is conceivable.
- the device is designed so that the flexible hollow body is formed from a plastic, in particular a non-slip material such as latex, neoprene, rubber or the like. Due to the use of non-slip material, the off-road capability of a In accordance with the device reinforced shoe increased.
- the material can be processed at the point of contact with the ground, for example by additionally roughening it.
- the material can be smoothed or coated accordingly.
- the device is designed so that the plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffening of a permanent or dimensionally stable material, such. Metal or hard plastic, is made. This ensures that particularly pointed heels do not damage the device and penetrate over time into the flexible material of the hollow body. Likewise, the pressure on the ground decreases because the weight is distributed in this way on the end face of the hollow body.
- a permanent or dimensionally stable material such as Metal or hard plastic
- the plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffening can be installed as a separate element in the hollow body. But preferred is an embodiment in which the plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffener is cast into the end wall, so that there is a complete integration into the material of the hollow body. In this case, the reinforcement or stiffening can be integrated directly in the production process in the form of a plate which is correspondingly harder than the material of the hollow body.
- the device is in this case designed such that the slotted end wall has at least two, preferably four or more, radially outwardly directed slots from the center of the end wall and the material forms flexible gripping tongues between the slots. Due to the fact that a plurality of slots are formed in the slotted end wall, a great variety of heel sizes can be derived from the be adopted safely without having to adapt the device, the flexible gripping tongues muster enough holding power to hold the device also on different widths of the floor. A separate step for fixing the device thus disappears and it can be fastened into the hollow body by simply entering it with the stiletto.
- slotted support wall is preferably arranged in the interior of the hollow body, so that a crossing points of the slots of the end wall and the support wall connecting straight through the reinforced end wall substantially normal.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-section corresponding to FIG. 1 with inserted heel
- FIG. 3 shows a plan view of the device according to the invention
- Fig. 4 and 5 show a further embodiment of the device according to the invention with a arranged in the hollow body further support wall 10 without and with inserted paragraph.
- the hollow body of the device is denoted by 1.
- the hollow body is substantially cube-shaped and has a lower end wall 2 and an upper end wall 3.
- the jacket is designated 4.
- the lower end wall 2 according to the invention has a plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffening 5, which is cast into the end wall 2.
- the upper end wall is provided with a plurality of notches or slots 6 which form gripping tongues 7.
- the upper end wall 3 an opening 8.
- FIG. 2 In the cross-sectional view of FIG. 2 it can be seen how the gripping tongues 7 were bent by the insertion of the paragraph 9 in the direction of the hollow body interior to increase the cross-section of the opening 9 corresponding to the cross section of the paragraph 9.
- the elastically inwardly bent gripping tongues 7 exert a holding force on the shoulder 9.
- the cube-shaped hollow body preferably has an edge length of about 25 mm and a wall thickness of about 2 mm, wherein rubber or latex is preferably selected as the elastomeric material.
- the rigid plate 5 is preferably formed as a metal plate with a plate thickness of 2 mm.
- Fig. 4 and 5 a modified embodiment is shown, wherein the same reference numerals have been retained.
- Parallel to the end wall 3, a likewise slotted formed support wall 10 can be seen, wherein the contact surface between paragraph 9 and support wall 10 increases the total voltage applied to the shoulder contact surface and thus contributes to an increased holding force. Tilting of the paragraph 9 in the hollow body 1 is prevented.
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Priority Applications (7)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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CN2008801238999A CN101938921A (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | A kind of device that is used to protect heel |
AU2008344976A AU2008344976A1 (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Heel Protection Device |
JP2010540988A JP2011508638A (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Heel protector |
BRPI0821713-0A BRPI0821713A2 (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Jump protection device |
EP08867028A EP2247211A1 (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Device for protecting heels |
US12/735,292 US20110030246A1 (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Heel protection device |
MX2010007315A MX2010007315A (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Device for protecting heels. |
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ATGM2/2008 | 2008-01-02 | ||
AT22008 | 2008-01-02 |
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PCT/AT2008/000402 WO2009082770A1 (en) | 2008-01-02 | 2008-11-06 | Device for protecting heels |
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US (1) | US20110030246A1 (en) |
EP (1) | EP2247211A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2011508638A (en) |
CN (1) | CN101938921A (en) |
AU (1) | AU2008344976A1 (en) |
BR (1) | BRPI0821713A2 (en) |
DE (1) | DE202008009143U1 (en) |
MX (1) | MX2010007315A (en) |
RU (1) | RU2010132143A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2009082770A1 (en) |
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GB2535363A (en) * | 2013-10-27 | 2016-08-17 | Model Behaviour (Aust) Pty Ltd | A shoe heel cup protection device |
DE202016104772U1 (en) | 2016-08-31 | 2016-09-15 | Andrea Horezky | Heel and footwear |
US20190014865A1 (en) * | 2017-07-17 | 2019-01-17 | Julie Belleza | Customizable Universal Heel Protector Assembly |
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DE1860958U (en) * | 1962-09-08 | 1962-10-25 | Heinz Sieprath | PROTECTIVE CAP FOR SO-CALLED PENNIG HEELS. |
FR1371370A (en) * | 1963-07-23 | 1964-09-04 | Floor protector for stiletto heels | |
DE1904936U (en) * | 1964-06-15 | 1964-11-19 | Erwin Renner | PIPE HEEL ATTACHED TO A PIN HEEL OF A WOMEN'S SHOE. |
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- 2008-11-06 US US12/735,292 patent/US20110030246A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2008-11-06 AU AU2008344976A patent/AU2008344976A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 2008-11-06 WO PCT/AT2008/000402 patent/WO2009082770A1/en active Application Filing
- 2008-11-06 BR BRPI0821713-0A patent/BRPI0821713A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2008-11-06 EP EP08867028A patent/EP2247211A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2008-11-06 MX MX2010007315A patent/MX2010007315A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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US2875534A (en) * | 1958-09-26 | 1959-03-03 | Grossman Evelyn | Heel protector |
DE1860958U (en) * | 1962-09-08 | 1962-10-25 | Heinz Sieprath | PROTECTIVE CAP FOR SO-CALLED PENNIG HEELS. |
FR1371370A (en) * | 1963-07-23 | 1964-09-04 | Floor protector for stiletto heels | |
DE1904936U (en) * | 1964-06-15 | 1964-11-19 | Erwin Renner | PIPE HEEL ATTACHED TO A PIN HEEL OF A WOMEN'S SHOE. |
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