Patent
Shoe midsole and footwear
| العنوان: | Shoe midsole and footwear |
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| Patent Number: | 8,973,287 |
| تاريخ النشر: | March 10, 2015 |
| Appl. No: | 12/737806 |
| Application Filed: | June 11, 2009 |
| مستخلص: | A shoe midsole has a sole plate, a plurality of blades integrally standing on the sole plate, a cover bonded to the circumference of the sole plate, and a fluid sealed between the sole plate and the cover. A first concave part in a shape equivalent to a sole of a foot is formed on the surface of the sole plate, on which the plurality of blades stand, wherein the plurality of blades are accommodated within the first concave part. The plurality of blades are aligned at a predetermined interval in a direction nearly orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the sole plate, and some of the plurality of blades are tilted toward the toe. |
| Inventors: | Shibata, Osamu (Tokyo, JP); Shibata, Masao (Tokyo, JP) |
| Assignees: | Himiko Co., Ltd. (Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo) |
| Claim: | 1. A shoe midsole, comprising: a sole plate; a plurality of blades integrally standing on the sole plate, each blade of the plurality of blades having a base at the sole plate and a distal end opposite the base; a cover bonded to a circumference of the sole plate; a fluid liquid sealed between the sole plate and the cover, and a first concave part in a shape equivalent to the sole of the foot formed on a surface of the sole plate, on which the plurality of blades stand, wherein the plurality of blades are accommodated within the first concave part, wherein the plurality of blades are aligned at a predetermined interval in a direction nearly orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the sole plate, and wherein at least some blades of the plurality of blades are tilted so that each one blade of said at least some blades stands with said one blade's distal end closer to a toe than said one blade's base, so as to suppress a movement of the liquid from a toe side to a heel side when the toe kicks the ground, and thereby reduce a pressure applied to the sole of the foot when toes of the foot kick the ground. |
| Claim: | 2. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein said at least some blades are first blades that are aligned between a center of a longitudinal length of the sole plate and a heel, and wherein second blades among said plurality of blades are aligned between the center and the toe and are tilted so that each one second blade of said second blades stands with said one second blade's distal end closer to the heel than said one second blade's base. |
| Claim: | 3. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein said at least some blades are first blades that are aligned between a center of a longitudinal length of the sole plate and the toe, and wherein second blades among said plurality of blade are aligned between the center of the longitudinal length of the sole plate and the heel and are tilted so that each one second blade of said second blades stands with said One second blade's distal end closer to the heel than said one second blade's base. |
| Claim: | 4. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein a groove through which the liquid can move is formed at a partway point in a longitudinal length of each of the plurality of blades. |
| Claim: | 5. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein a partition integrally standing on the sole plate is formed along the inside of a circumference of the first concave part between both ends of the blade and the inner wall of the first concave part. |
| Claim: | 6. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein a thick part is formed at a portion bonded to the cover along the circumference of the sole plate. |
| Claim: | 7. The shoe midsole according to claim 6 , wherein the sole plate and the cover are adhered along the thick part with a nearly equal width. |
| Claim: | 8. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein a level difference is provided between the first concave part and its circumference, a level difference is provided between a second concave part and its circumference formed respectively in the cover, the first concave part and the second concave part face each other, and the circumference of the first concave part and the circumference of the second concave part are welded. |
| Claim: | 9. The shoe midsole according to claim 8 , wherein a tilting surface is formed along a boundary between the first concave part and the circumference of it, and a tilting surface is formed along a boundary between the second concave part and the circumference of it. |
| Claim: | 10. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid is propylene glycol. |
| Claim: | 11. Footwear including a footwear midsole, placed on a footwear base, comprising: a sole plate; a plurality of blades integrally standing on the sole plate, each blade of the plurality of blades having a base at the sole plate and a distal end opposite the base; a cover bonded to an outer circumference of the sole plate, and a liquid scaled between the sole plate and the cover, and wherein a first concave part in a shape equivalent to a sole of a foot is formed on a surface of the sole plate, on which the plurality of blades stand, wherein the plurality of blades accommodated within the first concave part are aligned at a predetermined interval in a direction nearly orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the sole plate, and wherein each one blade of at least some blades of the plurality of blades stands with said one blade's distal end closer to a toe than said one blade's base, so as to suppress a movement of the liquid from a toe side to a heel side when the toe kicks the ground, and thereby reduce a pressure applied to the sole of the foot when toes of the loot kick the ground. |
| Claim: | 12. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein the footwear base comprises an outsole and a middle sole, and the footwear midsole and an insole are arranged on the middle sole in this order so as to be freely inserted and extracted. |
| Claim: | 13. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein the footwear base comprises an outsole, and an insole is integrally fixed on the footwear midsole, and the footwear midsole is fixed on the outsole. |
| Claim: | 14. The footwear according to claim 11 , wherein the footwear base comprises an outsole and a middle sole, and the middle sole, the footwear midsole, and an insole are integrally fixed in this order, and the middle sole is fixed on the outsole. |
| Claim: | 15. The shoe midsole according to claim 1 , wherein said at least some blades are first blades, and wherein for second blades among said plurality of blades each one second blade stands with said one second blade's distal end closer to the heel than said one second blade's base. |
| Claim: | 16. A shoe midsole configured to reduce pressure applied to a sole of a foot of a wearer of the shoe midsole when toes of said loot kick the ground, comprising: a sole plate; a plurality of blades integrally standing on the sole plate, each blade of the plurality of blades having a base at the sole plate and a distal end opposite the base; a cover bonded to a circumference of the sole plate; a liquid sealed between the sole plate and the cover, and a first concave part in a shape equivalent to the sole of the foot formed on a surface of the sole plate, on which the plurality of blades stand, wherein the plurality or blades are accommodated within the first concave part, wherein the plurality of blades are aligned at a predetermined interval in a direction nearly orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the sole plate, and wherein at least some blades of the plurality of blades arc tilted so that each one blade of said at least some blades stands with said one blade's distal end closer to a toe than said one blade's base, so as to suppress a movement of the liquid from a toe side to a heel side when the toe kicks the ground, and thereby provide cushioning with said liquid to reduce said pressure applied to the sole of the foot when the toes kick the ground. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 36/44 |
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| Assistant Examiner: | Trieu, Timothy K |
| Primary Examiner: | Huynh, Khoa |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Jordan and Hamburg LLP |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.08973287 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |