Footwear with an adjustable stabilizing system, in particular for pronation and/or supination control

a technology of pronation and/or supination control and adjustable stabilizing system, which is applied in the field of footwear, can solve the problems of excessive pronation or supination, complex and expensive solutions of the type indicated, and deformation of the foot resting on the ground, so as to achieve simple and economical construction, control pronation and/or supination, and simple and economical

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-12-21
DIADORA INVICTA SPA
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[0010] In the light of the above, the present invention aims to produce footwear provided with a new system of adjustable stabilisation, particularly to control pronation and/or supination, of simple and economic construction, as well as being versatile and reliable in use. In thi...

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Some people rest their foot on the ground in a “neutral” manner, that is substantially correctly from the biomechanical standpoint; on the contrary in others some defect occurs in resting the foot on the ground, in particular due to excessive pronation (or inverted foot rest) or excessive supination (or everted foot rest).
Even some people who are immune to gait defects when walking normally may suffer from excessive pronation or supination during running or sports activities in general.
This diversification of production involves problems both for the footwear manufacturer, who must set up diversified plant, ...

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[0025] In FIG. 1, footwear for athletics or for practising running, fabricated according to the invention, is indicated overall as 1; the footwear 1 has an upper part or upper 2 and a lower part or sole that, in the case given as an example, comprises an outsole 3 and a midsole 4.

[0026] The specifics of the upper 2 and of the outsole 3 lie outside the scope of the present invention and will therefore not be illustrated or described in detail; it suffices here to mention that the outsole 3 may be made of synthetic material, for example rubber of differentiated hardness, formed in a single piece or in a number of separate pieces.

[0027] The midsole 4 has a body 4a that presents an upper face, a lower face and a peripheral profile or edge; this peripheral profile has a lateral segment, shown in FIG. 2, and a medial segment, shown in FIG. 3; the medial segment is substantially the part of the peripheral profile of the midsole 4 that faces towards the other foot of the user when the foo...

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Abstract

A footwear has a sole that comprises an adjustable stabilising system, in particular to control phenomena of pronation and/or supination. The stabilisation system comprises at least one adjustment member capable of selectively taking at least two alternative positions within a respective seat present in a component of the sole, the adjustment member having a body with at least two portions or sectors that present different degrees of compressibility.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to footwear, particularly sports footwear, having a sole fitted with an adjustable stabilising system. [0002] It is known that the gait, that is the placing of the foot on the ground during walking or running, varies from person to person depending on the morphological and / or biomechanical characteristics of the subject. Some people rest their foot on the ground in a “neutral” manner, that is substantially correctly from the biomechanical standpoint; on the contrary in others some defect occurs in resting the foot on the ground, in particular due to excessive pronation (or inverted foot rest) or excessive supination (or everted foot rest). Very briefly, in pronation the foot takes on a position in which most of the body weight is loaded onto the inner (in technical jargon the medial) edge of the foot. On the contrary, in supination the foot takes on a position in which the body weight is loaded onto the outer (in techn...

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IPC IPC(8): A43B13/18A43B21/06
CPCA43B3/0042A43B13/188A43B13/186
Inventor MASON, ANGELO
Owner DIADORA INVICTA SPA
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