75 results about "Shoe fitting" patented technology

The automatic shoe lace tightening system or power lace has a switch on the shoe upper to activate a small battery powered slow speed motor fixed into a recess in the heel which winds in onto the winder spool the smooth plastic or wire lacing cord passing through guiding tubes positioned across the shoe tongue and down the side of the shoe through to the motor housing upon which the tightening cord draws together the lace loop plates fixed either side of the shoe's upper adjacent to the tongue by passing in a zig-zag through cord loops fixed to and along the lace plates with the end of the cord attached to the bottom of one of the plates and the desired tension of the cord and shoe fit is automatically held in place as the cord passes through a sprung loaded clamp which can then be manually released to loosen the shoe.

A thermographic infrared apparatus and method for seeing, and thus measuring, a foot inside of a shoe. The apparatus includes one or more thermographic instruments aimed at a base for capturing one or more thermographic images or fields of view of a shoe on the base and thus the heat transferred to the shoe from the foot. The apparatus further includes a display mounted above the base and aimed at the eye level of a person standing on the base such that the person can determine from the thermographic image how well the shoe or shoes fit. The method includes one or more of the steps of taking a thermal infrared image of a shoe on a foot, taking a thermal infrared image of a foot having no shoe thereon, taking a thermal infrared image of a shoe having no foot therein, taking a thermal infrared image from a first direction, taking a thermal infrared image from a second direction to capture surfaces hidden from the first direction, and then comparing one or more of the thermal infrared images. Other imaging methods for determining proper fit of a shoe include low dose x-ray, backscattering x-ray, microwave, acoustic, radio, and ultrasound imaging methods.

A method for shoe fitting includes identifying outer foot outlines defining outer boundaries of feet of a user, and inner foot outlines defining weight-bearing areas of the feet in a computer-readable image of the feet. Weighted foot outlines are calculated based on the outer and inner foot outlines. A plurality of unfilled shoes are defined by a common shoe last having a last bottom outline, and sets of different left and right interchangeable insole adapters for insertion into the unfilled shoes are provided. The adapters match the last bottom outline and have respective adapter outlines. The weighted foot outlines are compared with the adapter outlines, to determine an optimal shoe size of a pair of shoes out of the plurality of the unfilled shoes, and to select left and right insole adapters from the sets of the interchangeable insole adapters whose adapter outlines best match the weighted foot outlines.

A temporary sole is designed to be attached to a shoe of any shape, design, or size. The temporary sole has two eyelets, one in front and one in back that slide over the toe and heel of the shoe and hold the sole in place. Optionally, the temporary sole may also include a strap which goes over the top of the shoe and further holds the temporary sole into place. In some designs of the temporary sole, it is designed to accept removable cleats. These cleats can be designed for golf or another sport. By attaching the temporary sole to a shoe and fixing the cleats into place on the temporary sole, any shoe can be transformed into an athletic shoe or a shoe fit to handle a specific surface or terrain.

The present invention provides a shoe sole including a main shock-absorber part that extends in the hindfoot region and from the medial side towards the lateral side of said sole, said main shock-absorber part comprising top and bottom elements and a partition element having at least one portion with a longitudinal axis (P), said partition element extending between said top and bottom elements so as to form at least two cavities, namely a medial cavity and a lateral cavity that open out respectively to the medial side and to the lateral side of said sole. Advantageously, the hind edges of the top and bottom elements include respective medial and lateral top regions and medial and lateral bottom regions arranged on either side of said axis (P), and the medial and lateral top regions extend in rectilinear manner respectively towards the lateral and medial bottom regions, so as to form an X-shaped structure with a longitudinal axis (l) that coincides with said axis (P).

The invention belongs to the technical field of an organic high-molecular compound, and particularly relates to an antiskid EVA sole and a preparation method thereof. The antiskid EVA sole is prepared from the following raw materials: EVA, liquid rubber, a thermoplastic elastomer, a tackifier, chlorinated polyethylene, hemp stem core superfine powder, an AC foaming agent, a cross-linking agent, nanozinc oxide, zinc stearate, stearic acid, a wear-resistant agent and inorganic fillers. The preparation method comprises the following steps: banbury-mixing and open-milling the raw materials, pelletizing to obtain antiskid EVA particles, and then performing heating foaming and secondary oil-pressure forming to the antiskid EVA particles, to obtain the antiskid EVA sole. The antiskid EVA sole has the characteristics of being light in mass, high in antiskid property, good in handfeel and size stability and the like, as well as excellent in tensile strength and tearing strength, is especially suitable for application on aspects of various shoe accessories, sole materials and the like, and is good in comfortableness and long in service life.

The invention discloses a 3D virtual shoe fitting method and system which combine foot model of a user with shoe model, which realizes fusion of virtual shoes and actual foot shapes of an actual customer. Through dynamic exhibition of fitting effects, the customer can rapidly browse fitting effects of various shoe patterns within a short time period, and can watch fitting effects of various decorative products under different backgrounds. The method and system can provide corresponding suggestions and recommendations to customers, help customers to select satisfying shoes, and realize shoe selection in an efficient manner. Therefore, the method and system can prevent waste of logistic resources and time waste caused by goods return and exchanging, thus improving user experience of network shoe shopping.

The invention discloses an EVA luminous shoe material and a preparation method thereof, the EVA luminous shoe material is obtained by banburying, milling and granulating a raw material EVA, an ethane-octylene copolymer (POE), surlyn, noctilucent powder, mineral oil, an AC foaming agent, a cross-linking agent BIBP, zine stearate, stearic acid, and nano white carbon black to prepare the EVA luminous shoe material granules, and the luminous shoe material granules are performed with injection moulding at once to obtain the EVA luminous shoe material. When the luminous shoe material does not foam, the light transmittance is good, haze is moderate, and the luminous shoe material is suitable for various shoe fittings and waistline substrates, has the characteristics of low density, high rebound and good mechanical property after the luminous shoe material foams, and the luminous shoe material is especially suitable for waistline for sport shoes, leisure shoes and dance shoes. The continuous luminescence time of the luminous shoe material exceeds 12 hours, and the luminous shoe material has the obvious characteristics of no requirement of power supply, overnight luminescence, energy saving and environmental protection, and has good market prospect.

An accessory which is used to convert a non-cycling shoe into a cycling shoe, resulting in a shoe which is capable of attaching a cycling cleat. A hole is cut thru the sole of a non-cycling shoe. The hole is shaped to accommodate the accessory. The accessory is a plate shaped to fit inside the shoe and provides a comfortable surface for walking and cycling purposes, furthermore the accessory is fixed securely to the interior of a converted shoe. The accessory has the appropriate geometry and holes to attach a cycling cleat. The accessory may also possess ground contact preventing members on the bottom surface, these prevent the cycling cleat from contacting the ground while the shoe is used for walking. The accessory enables any shoe to be a cycling shoe.

The invention discloses a method for monitoring the attention degree classification of shoe products at a point-of-sale terminal, which comprises the following steps: information is acquireed from a shoe rack, a shoe fitting area, and a POS system by arranging RFID devices in the shoe rack and the shoe fitting area and combining the POS system which is frequently seen at the point-of-sale terminal, and is transferred to a data analysis system in a real-time mode, the result is displayed on a screen of the data analysis system, and a point-of-sale terminal operator can analyze the information displayed on the data analysis system to obtain the attention degree condition of different shoe products. The method has quick information acquireion, can also judge the attention degree condition of different shoe products even if customers do not buy the shoes and the operator fails to acquire final sales data, and provides more reference data for the purchase of best-selling shoes by the point-of-sale terminal operator.

A pair of casual shoes such as flip-flops are packaged for sale so as to have the general appearance of an essentially spherical ball. Each shoe has a flexible sole portion and an upper portion connected to at least part of the periphery of the sole portion by stitching, which extends around the entire sole portion periphery. The sole portion of each shoe is flexed generally into a U-shape and also is flexed transversely to the length thereof, and then the two U-shapes are interfitted with the toe and heel regions of one shoe fitting against the instep region of the other shoe. An elongate cord is laced between the stitching around the peripheries of the two sole portions so as to hold the two shoes together in the ball shape but removal of the cord release the two shoes for separation and opening out into a pair of flip-flops.

A method for shoe fitting includes identifying outer foot outlines defining outer boundaries of feet of a user, and inner foot outlines defining weight-bearing areas of the feet in a computer-readable image of the feet. Weighted foot outlines are calculated based on the outer and inner foot outlines. A plurality of unfilled shoes are defined by a common shoe last having a last bottom outline, and sets of different left and right interchangeable insole adapters for insertion into the unfilled shoes are provided. The adapters match the last bottom outline and have respective adapter outlines. The weighted foot outlines are compared with the adapter outlines, to determine an optimal shoe size of a pair of shoes out of the plurality of the unfilled shoes, and to select left and right insole adapters from the sets of the interchangeable insole adapters whose adapter outlines best match the weighted foot outlines.

The invention discloses a shoe forming device. The shoe forming device comprises a rack and an injection molding machine arranged on the rack, and further comprises a forming mold which is arranged onthe injection molding machine. The forming mold comprises a combined type outer mold and a forming inner mold. The forming inner mold is assembled in the combined type outer mold; and after mold closing is finished, shoe body forming space which is in the shape of a closed ring is formed between the combined type outer mold and the forming inner mold. The forming inner mold comprises a first inner mold and a second inner mold, wherein the first inner mold is fixedly mounted on the combined type outer mold; and the second inner mold is slidably connected with the first inner mold. In the shoeforming device, the detachable forming inner mold is provided, on the premise of not affecting steps of mold opening and mold closing in a production process, a shoe which meets ergonomics and has a suitable radian so that the shoe fits a heel of a human body can be made, and therefore, market requirements are met.

The invention discloses an electronic shoe fitting device. The electronic shoe fitting device comprises four portions, namely, a device bottom, a device face, a device heel and a device collar; the device bottom further comprises a cavity layer which internally comprises a first layer, a second layer and a third layer; the first layer is internally provided with an electronic sterilization and deodorization device, a temperature controller and a power panel; the second layer is arranged to be a multi-point sensor layer, the third layer is internally provided with a data acquisition unit, an image processing unit and a processing unit, and the rear end of the device collar is further provided with a pressure sensor. By means of the electronic shoe fitting device, the foot breadth, the fatness of the foot and the fatness of the crus portion can be measured, and the effects of sterilization and deodorization are achieved.

A method for virtual shoes fitting includes providing two augmented reality (AR) reference papers, each having a plurality of AR markers and a standard size reference object, one reference paper beingplaced on a ground and the other AR reference paper being placed directly behind and at right angle to the ground; and providing a mobile device having a camera, a processor, and a machine-readable medium with instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to produce AR markers on the mobile device, and automatically taking photos of a user's foot placed on the AR reference paper on the ground together with the standard size reference object. A system for virtual shoes fitting is also disclosed.

A method for selecting a shoe fitted to a foot from a plurality of shoes. For each shoe from the plurality of shoes, a dimensionally accurate outline of the footbed of the shoe is provided in electronic form. Further, for each shoe from the plurality of shoes, a dimensionally accurate outline of a section through the shoe, wherein the sectional plane runs perpendicularly to the footbed and along the way of largest foot length of a foot positioned in the shoe, is provided in electronic form. A representation of the footbed outline and of the sectional outline to scale is effected for a shoe on a flat screen, wherein the design of the outline area is in distinct contrast to the design of the background area. The foot is positioned on and in front of the flat screen, respectively, such that preferably only a circumferential edge of the represented outline remains visible. A visual comparison of the represented outlines with the foot to be dressed is effected by assessing the edge of the represented outline remaining visible with respect to size and progress. Further, an assembly for selecting a shoe fitted to a foot from a plurality of shoes including a data processing system with a database and an output unit, as well as an assembly for simultaneous representation of the footbed outline and the sectional outline to scale for a shoe corresponding to the method with two flat screens perpendicular to each other are provided.

The invention relates to a pair of shoes and particularly to a pair of all-leather shoes for wearing indoors and a manufacturing method of the all-leather shoes. The conventional warm shoes are poor in heat insulating ability, inconvenient to clean immediately, halfway to air and disinfect and easy to cause cross infection of foot diseases such as dermatophytosis and the like. Each shoe comprises a shoe sole as well as an inner upper sewn with the shoe sole, an outer upper and / or a front upper and a back upper, wherein the shoe sole, the inner upper, the outer upper or the front upper and the back upper are made of a known leather material. The shoe sole and the upper parts of the shoe are made of the known leather material, so that the pair of shoes is simple and solid in structure, low in cost and high in heat insulating efficiency. The pair of shoes fits bended parts of feet and are flexible and comfortable to wear, no peculiar smell is generated in the shoes, and the user is unlikely to suffer from foot diseases.

The invention provides a self-service shoe fitting and vending machine comprising a box body of the fitting and vending machine, wherein a plurality of goods containers are mounted in the box body, goods are mounted in the goods containers, a door sheet for locking the goods is arranged at the front end of each goods container, an ejecting driving device is arranged on the back surface of each goods container, a guide separating wall is arranged on the front side of each goods container, a goods delivery bottom plate is arranged on the front side of the bottom of the box body, and an inclined guide sliding board is arranged between the bottom of each goods container and the goods delivery bottom plate; and a conveyor belt is arranged on the goods delivery bottom plate, a goods delivery area is arranged at an output end of the conveyor belt, the front end of the goods delivery area is a goods picking port, and the back end of the goods delivery area is provided with a goods delivery device. The self-service shoe fitting and vending machine provided by the invention is used for displaying shoes and other goods to customers and allows the customers to buy or try on by themselves; and when a customer selects required goods and confirms through operation on a display screen, the machine will deliver the goods quickly from a fixed position, so that the customer feels safer, more comfortable and more intelligent during use.

The invention relates to a shoe sole (1), which has at least one cam that is designed to make contact with the ground on the underside (2) of the sole facing towards the ground when used as intended. According to the invention, in order to improve the traction of the shoe fitted with such a shoe sole, the cam (3) comprises a main member (4) that is fixed to the underside (2) of the sole (1). An arcuate recess (5) having an arc longitudinal direction (B) is arranged in the main member (4) and has two openings (7, 8) on a surface (6) facing the ground of the main body (4). An insert (9) having a shape congruent to the arcuate recess (5) is arranged in the recess (5), wherein the insert (9) is arranged such as to be movable in the main member (4) in the arc longitudinal direction (B) of the arcuate recess (5). The invention further relates to a shoe having such a sole and to a method for producing such a sole.

The invention relates to comfortable self-adjusting shoes. Each comfortable self-adjusting shoe comprises a shoe vamp and a shoe sole, wherein each shoe sole comprises a skin-attaching layer, an elastic layer and a sizing edge for supporting and fixing the shape of the shoe; a shaping cavity is arranged by tightly attaching to the lower surface of the skin-attaching layer, a one-way pressure-limiting valve only allowing exhaust of air is mounted at one side of the shaping cavity, the one-way pressure-limiting valve extends out from one side of the sizing edge, a flat elastic bag is arranged at the lower part of the shaping cavity, the elastic bag communicates with the shaping cavity through the one-way valve, the one-way valve only allows air to enter the shaping cavity from the elastic bag, an air inlet door is arranged on the side wall of the elastic bag, and the air inlet door is fixed to the sizing edge; a micro-elastic shaping bag is arranged on the inner surface of the shoe vamp, and the shaping bag communicates with the shaping cavity. For the shoes, the inner cavities can be automatically adjusted for adapting the feet, so that the comfort of the shoes is improved, the shoes fit the feet perfectly and are comfortable, and meanwhile, personalized adjustment can be carried out according to the shoe-wearing habits of different people.

The invention relates to a personalized customization method and system for flattie shoes. The personalized customization system comprises a three-dimensional foot type scanning module, a data input module, a shoe type design module, a data storage module, an order managing module and a wechat official account module. According to the personalized customization method and system for flattie shoes, a computer aided geometric design method is adopted to design and adjust the curved surface shape of a shoe tree more accurately and faster, and the collecting system and method greatly shorten shoe manufacturing time, reduce the number of times of try-on of customers and improve customer experience of personalized customization service. By means of personalized customization service, customers canautonomously design style and color of all parts of the shoes such as vamps, shoe collar linings, shoelaces and soles; the system customizes the shoes according to personal data obtained through a three-dimensional foot type scanner, the comfort level of the shoes is greatly promoted, and the shoes fit the feet better.

The invention provides an adaption system of the children shoes which allows the adults to determine whether the shoes fit for the children in vision and regulates the effective size when the shoes become smaller.

The invention discloses a method for monitoring the attention degree classification of shoe products at a point-of-sale terminal, which comprises the following steps: information is acquireed from a shoe rack, a shoe fitting area, and a POS system by arranging RFID devices in the shoe rack and the shoe fitting area and combining the POS system which is frequently seen at the point-of-sale terminal, and is transferred to a data analysis system in a real-time mode, the result is displayed on a screen of the data analysis system, and a point-of-sale terminal operator can analyze the information displayed on the data analysis system to obtain the attention degree condition of different shoe products. The method has quick information acquireion, can also judge the attention degree condition ofdifferent shoe products even if customers do not buy the shoes and the operator fails to acquire final sales data, and provides more reference data for the purchase of best-selling shoes by the point-of-sale terminal operator.

An adjustable, interchangeable, and customizable shoe fastening device and its methods of use, to be used in articles of footwear designed for shoelaces, but not limited to such. The shoe fastening devices are comprised of an elongated looped cord with a removable one-piece holding device or a non-removable one-piece or two-part holding device, and an adjusting device to cater to different types of feet, footwear, and activity. The shoe fastening device offers users the ability to customize, interchange, decorate, and adjust the user's shoe fit to make it “just right.” The shoe fastening devices come as a set, package, pre-assembled kit, or a do-it-yourself kit. The shoe fastening and holding devices can be decorated with paint, nail polish, stickers, glitter, or the like, and can be easily removed, replaced or swapped with family and friends.

The invention discloses a sole and upper integrated shoe with a simplified production process. The sole and upper integrated shoe comprises a sole, an upper shoe side, a heel shoe cover, a heel, a lower shoe side, a toe cap, an upper toe part, an upper, a transverse strip and a tongue, wherein the sole is integrally connected with the upper shoe side, the heel shoe cover and the heel; the upper shoe side is not in contact with the sole; the upper shoe side is integrally connected with the heel shoe cover; the heel shoe cover is integrally connected with the sole; the outer side of the heel shoe cover is coated with the heel; and another shoe-making fabric connected with the sole comprises the lower shoe side, the toe cap, the upper toe part, the upper, the transverse strip and the tongue.The sole of the sole and upper integrated shoe fits the heel of human body, conforms to the ergonomic principle, and wears comfortable. Moreover, the sole and upper integrated shoe is simple in structure; the production process is simplified; raw materials are saved; and the production cost is lowered. Meanwhile, the integrated design reduces fabric joints, lowers the possibility of thread loosening and degumming at the joints, and prolongs the service life of the shoe.

The invention discloses a TPU material with pearlescent and thermochromic effects. The TPU material is composed of following substances in percentage by weight: 35 to 45% of diisocyanate, 20 to 30% ofpolymer polyol, 5 to 10% of a chain extender, 8 to 15% of thermochromic powder, 10 to 20% of pearl powder, 0.5 to 1% of an antioxidant, 0.5 to 1% of a UV resistant agent, 0.02 to 0.2% of a lubricant,and 1 to 2% of an antibacterial agent. The inorganic invertible thermochromic material and pearl powder microcapsule are structured and then mixed with diisocyanate and polymer polyol to prepare theTPU material, shoe fittings made of the TPU material have different colors as the temperature changes and also have a dazzling pearlescent effect, the practicality of the TPU material is enhanced, andthe beauty of the shoe fittings is enhanced.

A circuit break includes a trip protection mechanism, the tripping protection mechanism comprises a bimetal sheet and an armature which is buckled and matched with the operating mechanism, pole bootsspaced apart from the armature are arranged on the bimetal, one end of the armature is provided with a spring piece connected with one end of the bimetal piece, the bimetal can drive the other end ofthe armature when it is bent, At that time of overload, the bimetal sheet bends to drive the armature to release and cooperate with the buckle of the operating mechanism, the electromagnetic force ofthe pole shoe attracts the armature to release the snap fit with the operating mechanism when the pole shoe is short-circuited, As that armature are respectively connected with the operate mechanism,Bimetal and pole shoe fit, The armature can not only cooperate with the operating mechanism to play the role of locking, but also cooperate with the bimetal and pole shoe to realize the functions of overload protection and short circuit protection respectively. The armature is cleverly designed to combine the overload protection and short circuit protection together reasonably, and has the characteristics of small occupying space, small number of parts and low production cost.