38 results about "Plantar arch" patented technology

A sock is provided having a first compression area 1 which raises the compressive force in a wale direction from a position A behind the toe area of a sole portion of the sock to a position C which includes the boundary between an arch portion B and a heel portion 6, a second compression area 2 provided on the periphery to raise the compressive force in a course direction at the position A behind the toe area, a third compression area 3 provided on the periphery to raise the compressive force in a course direction at an ankle portion D, and a fourth compression area 4 provided on the periphery to raise the compressive force in a course direction from the position C which includes the boundary between the arch portion B and the heel portion 6 to a position E at the base of the instep portion. The advantageous effect of protecting and restoring the shape of the longitudinal plantar arch is produced by the various compression areas, thereby stabilizing the position of the various compression areas while the sock is worn.

A sock is provided having a first compression area 1 which raises the compressive force in a wale direction from a position A behind the toe area of a sole portion of the sock to a position C which includes the boundary between an arch portion B and a heel portion 6, a second compression area 2 provided on the periphery to raise the compressive force in a course direction at the position A behind the toe area, a third compression area 3 provided on the periphery to raise the compressive force in a course direction at an ankle portion D, and a fourth compression area 4 provided on the periphery to raise the compressive force in a course direction from the position C which includes the boundary between the arch portion B and the heel portion 6 to a position E at the base of the instep portion. The advantageous effect of protecting and restoring the shape of the longitudinal plantar arch is produced by the various compression areas, thereby stabilizing the position of the various compression areas while the sock is worn.

A shoe includes a first shell portion, and a second shell portion complementing the first shell portion to form an upper. The second shell portion is more flexible than the first shell portion and is mechanically connected to the first shell portion. The first shell portion includes a surrounding wall of substantially U-shaped cross-section which is adapted to extend around the wearer's heel. The surrounding wall includes two opposite side wall sections that have frontmost ends posterior to the ball of the foot and anterior to the plantar arch of the foot.

A method system of custom forming orthotic shoe inserts adapted for use in multiple shoe types. The method steps to fit, form and fabricate custom inserts directed to individual patient requirements using heat malleable synthetic resin material in combination with removably secured overlying foot engagement pad and selective secured remedial arch pad directing the so-formed orthotic support.

A composite footwear insole has a front portion (2) designed to interact with the foot at the metatarsal region and at least partly at the plantar arch, and a rear portion (3) designed to interact with the heel. The rear portion (3) has at least one layer (4) of gel material whose size is at least substantially equal to that of the rear portion (3) to uniformly support the heel and absorb stresses acting thereon.

A shoe sole includes a sole body and a flexible heel member is connected to a bottom of a heel portion of the sole body and two support members are connected to two sides of an arch area of the sole body to support the wearer's plantar arch. A composite material plate is connected to the bottom of the sole body and extends toward the heel portion. The plate has two thinner ends and a thick middle portion.

A composite footwear insole has a front portion (2) designed to interact with the foot at the metatarsal region and at least partly at the plantar arch, and a rear portion (3) designed to interact with the heel. The rear portion (3) has at least one layer (4) of gel material whose size is at least substantially equal to that of the rear portion (3) to uniformly support the heel and absorb stresses acting thereon.

A sole for footwear, formed by an upper surface which, on at least part of the heel region and the plantar arch region, at its outer edge, is lower than its inner edge. The highest point of the upper surface is arranged approximately at the radiographic projection of the scapho-cuneiform joint of the foot of the user on the sole.

A sole for footwear, formed by an upper surface which, on at least part of the heel region and the plantar arch region, at its outer edge, is lower than its inner edge. The highest point of the upper surface is arranged approximately at the radiographic projection of the scapho-cuneiform joint of the foot of the user on the sole.

A chair-type massaging machine includes: a seat surface 3a for a massagee h to be seated thereon; a plantar-arch projection 5t for the seated massagee h to place plantar arches h6 thereon; and a heel-massaging air cell 53 capable of clamping and pressing heels h3 in a feet-resting position where the plantar arches h6 rest on the plantar-arch projection 5t, and effectively massages the heels and soles.

The present invention provides an upper (U) of a sports shoe, including: a first opening (1) that covers the instep and allows the foot to protrude from above when the shoe is worn; and a second opening (2) that passes through a tongue. (T) and is closed. The two openings (1, 2) are connected to each other, wherein the upper (U) includes: an inner telescopic part (51) covering a part of the inner side of the sole and arch of the foot; an outer telescopic part (50) , covering part of the outer surface of the little toe of the foot; the front part (3) arranged in front of the two telescopic surfaces (50, 51); and the rear part (3) arranged behind the two telescopic parts (50, 51) 4). Each of the elastic portions (50, 51) starts from the upper surface of the sole (S), crosses one side of the upper (U), and ends at the second opening (2). The tensile elastic modulus of each stretchable portion (50, 51) in the leg length direction (L) is set to be smaller than the tensile elastic modulus of the front portion (3) and the rear portion (4). .

A customizable arch support system for use in fashionable high heeled shoes, designed to provide superior configurability and comfort for the wearer. More particularly, the system provides configurability so that it will provide superior support and comfort for the wearer, while maintaining minimal cross section profile which causes less limitations for the shoe designer.

The invention discloses an insole personalized design method for a support pressure reduction function. The method comprises the following steps: designing an insole conforming to human engineering byusing personalized data, scanning the insole of a specific user by using equipment to obtain a scanned insole model, and synchronously prefabricating the insole model by using the scanned insole model as an insole template; and therefore, the insole with the edge contour matched with the shoe is obtained. The arch supporting appearance is designed by means of the scanned insole model and the prefabricated insole model, plantar pressure is redistributed by increasing the contact area of the foot and the insole, and excessive stress of part of areas is reduced. A device is used for collecting plantar dynamic pressure, the shape of the insole matched with plantar pressure distribution is designed by processing and analyzing a plantar dynamic pressure graph, and pressure borne by main stressareas of a forefoot and a heel is reduced in the mode of increasing the foot landing buffer distance. The pressure reduction insole can redistribute plantar pressure, improves wearing comfort, provides proper protection for feet, and reduces foot injury risks.

The present invention provides a pad capable of effectively curbing fall of a plantar arch. A pad in accordance with the present embodiment, for supporting the plantar arch of a sole of a foot, is provided in a supporter, made of a stretch cloth, including a plantar part and an instep part, which is connected to the plantar part. The pad is located in the plantar part and has an apex, which is provided at a position corresponding to an area in the sole of the foot which area corresponds to the navicular bone of the foot.

A shoe providing support for the plantar arch of a foot is disclosed herein. The shoe includes a belt, guide members, and a dial unit. The belt includes a base end section fixed to an outsole at a position equivalent to a plantar arch of a foot of a user, and a leading end section covering a pair of blades. Both side edges of the belt can be separated from an upper of the shoe along a longitudinal direction of the shoe. The guide members are fixed to the leading end section of the belt, and engage with a wire, which engages the dial unit. The dial unit is used to wind the wire, thereby tightening or loosening the belt, and therefore the shoe to a wearer's foot, and is fixed to an outer side surface of the upper.

A climbing shoe comprising: a shoe-upper which is shaped so as to accommodate and cover substantially the whole foot of the user; a sole made of polymeric material, which is fixed to the bottom of the shoe-upper so as to cover the front part of the bottom of said shoe-upper; a front tensioning band made of elastomeric material, which is substantially U-bent and is fixed to the toe of the shoe-upper so as to embrace / surround the front part of the bottom of the shoe-upper, while joining to the front sole; a rear patch made of soft and flexible material, which is arranged astride of the rear part of the shoe-upper, in the area above the heel portion of the shoe-upper; and a rear tensioning band which is substantially U-bent and is firmly fixed to the shoe-upper so that the central elbow / bend of the rear tensioning band covers the plantar arch portion of the bottom, and the two branches of the rear tensioning band extend obliquely along the two lateral sides of the shoe-upper up to reach and firmly join said rear patch.

The invention discloses a wing spreading arch cable-stayed bridge. Three major main structures of a spatially shaped main arch ring which has a wing spreading profile, a cable-stayed bridge which is inside and outside of the arch ring and is connected to the main beam and the main beam are adopted; arch ring is inclined in the bridge span direction of an outer arch stay cable connecting with the main beam; the whole bridge adopts a two-span or three-span arrangement; when the three-span arrangement is adopted, the main arch with the wing spreading profile is positioned within a range of a sidespan main beam; the arch ring is connected with the side span and a middle span main beam through stay cables and the wing spreading arch system at the other side is symmetrically arranged; when thetwo-span arrangement is adopted, the main arch with the wing spreading profile is positioned within a range of a middle span main beam; the arch ring is connected with the middle span and the side span main beam through stay cables; an arch foot of one side of a main arch side pier is rigidly connected with the main beam; the main beam, that is the arch foot bottom is provided with a support seatwhich is connected with a side pier abutment base; an arch foot at one side of the main arch middle pier is rigidly connected with the main beam. The invention can solve the technical problems such asstreamlining the system structure, defining the force carried by the main body component, satisfying the effect of the bridge-type landscape, and allowing the arch ring to reach a state of reasonablestress.

A composite footwear insole has a front portion (2) designed to interact with the foot at the metatarsal region and at least partly at the plantar arch, and a rear portion (3) designed to interact with the heel. The rear portion (3) has at least one layer (4) of gel material whose size is at least substantially equal to that of the rear portion (3) to uniformly support the heel and absorb stresses acting thereon.

The invention is related with an external fixator that is used in High Tibial Osteotomy (HTO) surgeries, including at least one positioner (1) for gripping the leg from both sides, at least one angulation device (3) and a proximal arch (8) that is connected to the positioner (1), at least one proximal schanz holder (7) on the proximal arch (8), at least one distal schanz holder (4) at the bottom of the angulation device (3), at least one osteotomy block (5) that enables to set the size and the location of the incision on the proximal arch (8), at least one fibular head positioning device (2) that is connected to the angulation device (3) and at least one angular indicator (scale) (19) on the fixator, on which the correction can be adjusted and controlled.

A pneumatic massaging device comprising a first inflatable part (15) to be in contact with a foot of a user, wherein said first inflatable part comprises at least two inflatable chambers (21, 26). The first of said at least two inflatable chambers is designed such that it is in contact with the plantar arch (8) and sole regions of the foot and the second of said at least two inflatable chambers is designed such that it is in contact with the sole region (5), lateral region (4) or vamp region (3) of the foot. The pneumatic massaging device is designed such that the first inflatable part (15) may further comprise a third inflatable (26) chamber. This third chamber is designed such that it is in contact with the sole of the foot. Furthermore, the first inflatable part (15) may also comprise a plurality of inflatable chambers wherein said plurality of inflatable chambers is designed such that it is in contact with or adjacent to the sole of the foot.

An active suspension orthotic support system is disclosed. The suspension orthotic support system comprises at least one variable resistance beam extending from a heel section to a mid-arch section of the footwear, wherein rotation of the variable resistance beam from a first position to a second position causes a resistance provided by the variable resistance beam to vary between a minimum resistance to a maximum resistance.

A dynamic ventilation system for socks including an ergonomic and asymmetric strip structure (3) which contains the plantar arch so as to create internally an integrated aerating sector (4). Further, the system has a first structure with a transparent zone in which an air circulating system is created that is provided for regulating the temperature of the foot and leg, containing a certain quantity of air between skin and sock so as to create an “air chamber” with an effect of insulating from the external environment and a second structure having a plurality of contact sectors (5) that have greater support on the skin that are interrupted by free portions (6) for the passage of air. The system further includes a pair of ribs (11) that create a passage / tunnel for circulating air in addition to increasing Achilles tendon protection in which each rib is a cushion that fills with air.

Machining process for the manufacture of an insole for footwear, having a tape (2) at the bottom face (B) of the insole (1) and around < the entire periphery thereof, except only for that horseshoe arch that surrounds the heel of the shoe if desired, the outer edge (2a) of said tape being attached to and aligned with the edge (1a) of the insole (1) so that the inner edge (2b) of said tape (2) is free to be folded and detached from the bottom face (B) of the insole (1), said process including the following operational steps: cutting the insole (1) along a plane parallel thereto so as to open the insole from the tip to the plantar arch, dividing it into a top half-insole (1c) and a bottom half-insole (1d); fixing said tape (2) beneath the bottom half-insole (1d) so that the outer edge (2a) of said tape (2) is fixed to and aligned with the edge (1e) of the bottom half-sole (1d), while the inner edge (2b) of the tape (2) is free to be folded and detached from the bottom half-insole (1d); inserting a padding layer (5) between the two half-insoles (1c and 1d), which are then laid down and glued peripherally one on top of the other, to form a sandwich structure together with the intermediate layer (5).

A composite multi-functional gel insole, comprising a sweat-absorbing upper layer and a gel bottom layer. The insole as a whole adopts a structure that fits the shape of the sole of the human body. The sweat-absorbing surface layer is evenly distributed with a plurality of through holes, and the gel bottom layer passes through the through holes. A plurality of support columns extend upwards, and the top of the support columns is also shaped with a semicircular support head made of gel; the sweat-absorbing surface layer includes an outer mesh fabric surface layer and an inner porous absorbent cotton inner layer; the sole support The upper end surface of the ring is formed with an inclined platform inclined from outside to inside. The invention overcomes the technical problems of poor sweat-absorbing effect and poor shock-absorbing effect of traditional insoles, and can effectively improve the supporting performance of the insoles by adopting the concave soles of the soles of the human feet, the arch support pads and the sole support rings, so that The insole is more comfortable to wear, and the sweat-absorbing upper layer of the mesh fabric surface layer and the inner porous absorbent cotton inner layer can achieve the effect of deodorization and moisture absorption, further improving the wearing comfort.

It is intended to provide a sock which offers a comfortable fitting feel without causing fatigue, congestion and so on even over prolonged wearing. Namely, a sock having such a length as at least covering from the toe to the ankle and being knitted with knitting yarn, wherein a knitted fabric made of a face yarn and a back yarn is provided in the inner half of the plantar arch area in the foot sole and an auxiliary yarn is further inserted together with the face yarn to thereby present a constricted and less expandable fabric.

The present invention proposes a method for making cushioning and shock-absorbing insoles, including 1) fixing the arch support layer on the arch of the mold; 2) baking the memory shock-absorbing layer until it softens; 3) softening the softened The memory shock-absorbing layer is placed in the insole forming groove of the mold, the arch support layer is set at the arch of the memory shock-absorbing layer, and a hot-melt film layer is placed between the arch support layer and the memory shock-absorbing layer, and the mold is placed on the insole The bottom in the forming groove is also provided with a vacuum suction pump; 4), the vacuum suction pump carries out surface suction texture treatment to the bottom surface of the arch support layer and the forefoot and heel of the memory shock absorbing layer respectively. The arch support layer is thermally compounded on the arch position of the memory shock-absorbing layer according to the temperature and pressure of the blister and the heat-melt effect of the hot-melt film layer, and the memory shock-absorbing layer compounded with the arch support layer is obtained; 7), Cutting step, 8), put the memory shock-absorbing layer compounded with the support layer into the injection mold and inject the insole body.

The present invention provides a pad capable of effectively curbing fall of a plantar arch. A pad in accordance with the present embodiment, for supporting the plantar arch of a sole of a foot, is provided in a supporter, made of a stretch cloth, including a plantar part and an instep part, which is connected to the plantar part. The pad is located in the plantar part and has an apex, which is provided at a position corresponding to an area in the sole of the foot which area corresponds to the navicular bone of the foot.

The invention provides a making method of a ventilation buffer shoe pad. The method comprises the steps that material selection and cutting are carried out; a foot arch supporting layer bottom surfaceV groove is formed, composite groove suction is carried out, a lower layer memory film and an upper layer memory film are subject to high-frequency compositing, a damping ventilation memory film layer in the shoe pad shape is obtained, and the damping ventilation memory film layer composited with the supporting layer is placed in an injection mold to be subject to injection molding to form the shoe pad body; the formed shoe pad body is subject to demolding, and trimming, and the damping ventilation shoe pad is obtained. The whole manufacturing process is simple and ingenious, the whole shoe pad is firm in connection, and the forming efficiency is high.