Boots – shoes – and leggings – Insoles
Patent
1984-03-15
1986-04-08
Schroeder, Werner H.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Insoles
A43B 1338
Patent
active
045803560
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a removable insole for shoes, the original profile of which is flat or curved, and which gradually becomes permanently deformed on contact with the foot and finally adopts the profile thereof
Insoles are known, the profiles of which are shaped on the morphology of the foot, and which are particularly used in sports shoes such as ski boots or mountaineering boots. These insoles are manufactured in particular from a material which is deformable under heat and they require a relatively costly and bulky shaping material to be used. Moreover, besides the fact that these insoles are quite thick, once inside the shoe they cannot be removed and generally constitute an integral part thereof.
To enable insoles of this type to be used in everyday shoes, it would be necessary to substantially reduce their thickness on the one hand and on the other hand to make them removable. What is feasible for sports shoes, which are bought on a relatively small scale each season and which generally last for several years, would be prohibitive for everday shoes more of which are used for relatively short periods of time.
The present inventions sets out to solve the preceding problem, by providing a removable insole for shoes, the original profile of which is flat or curved. This insole consists of a thin strip of plastic foam in the general shape of the foot which gradually becomes permanently deformed on contact with the foot and finally adopts the profile thereof. This strip has a groove along at least part of its edge and inside this edge, which groove is intended to allow the insole to change shape more easily.
The strip may also have other grooves which do not follow the line of the edge, such as arc-shaped grooves which begin and end at the edge.
It should be noted that at certain points the grooves delimit zones which may be of equal density or of different densities.
Thus, the zones of different densities advantageously correspond to the zones of different thicknesses which are caused, for example, by pressure on a thin strip.
The strip may also have two distinct zones which are delimited by an arc-shaped groove, that is a main zone and a zone at the arch of the foot which may be of the same or of a different density.
The strip preferably has three distinct zones, that is a substantially central main zone and two zones, one of which corresponds to the arch of the foot and the second of which corresponds to the outer toes. The density of these two zones is greater than that of the central zone which forms the rest of the insole. In a variant, the density of the central zone is the same as that of the zone of the toes.
The edges of the insole are preferably bevelled.
The purpose of the different grooves is to allow the insole to change shape more easily by creating lines of weakness and by preventing the insole from puckering as a result of the deformation process.
The insole may be manufactured in any deformable material, preferably in a material which becomes deformed under heat, such as polyolefinic foams and in particular polyolefins which have closed cells. Examples of materials of this type are polyethylenes, polypropylenes, polybutylenes and polyisobutylenes. The thickness of the strip which forms the insole is advantageously from 2 to 5 mm.
The insole may have an original profile which is flat or curved, so as to be pre-profiled in the general shape of the foot.
The insole may be placed into the shoe as it is and adopt its permanent shape by becoming deformed under heat, simply by the heat which is generated by the feet. To ensure that the insole is properly in place and accelerate the process, it is generally preferred to preheat the insole before it is placed in the shoe.
In a variant, the insole is moulded around the foot outside the shoe. The insole is placed in the shoe to remain therein or to be removed, but only after adopting its permanent profile, which is that of the foot.
The invention will be more clearly understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are giv
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Graveline T.
Schroeder Werner H.
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