CN100502714C

CN100502714C - Device for high-heeled shoes and method of constructing a high-heeled shoe

Info

Publication number: CN100502714C
Application number: CNB2004800444774A
Authority: CN
Inventors: H·J·达南博格
Original assignee: HBN Shoe LLC
Current assignee: HBN Shoe LLC
Priority date: 2004-10-13
Filing date: 2004-10-13
Publication date: 2009-06-24
Anticipated expiration: 2024-10-13
Also published as: AU2004324161A1; CN101065032A; KR20100121692A; EP1809134A1; WO2006043923A1; CA2583612A1; JP4685874B2; KR20070098791A; MX2007004383A; JP2008515589A; KR101170196B1; HK1109031A1; BRPI0419116A

Abstract

A motor controller of the sort having both a transformation function for transforming three-phase feedback information into two components, and then changing an error signal for each of the two components back into three-phase correction numbers is provided with an ARCTAN correction function. The ARCTAN correction function takes in the time derivative of the changing angular position of the motor rotor, and creates a correction factor that is supplied back to the transformation function for changing the two error signals back into three. By supplying this correction ARCTAN function, the control eliminates a disturbance that may have occurred in the prior art at higher frequencies wherein both of the control loops for the two components needed to come into play to correct an error on either of the two loops.

Description

The method that is used for the equipment and the structure high-heeled shoes of high-heeled shoes

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of footwear that are easy to construct and in grade of fit that does not influence footwear or style, provide bigger comfort level to wearer.The present invention is specially adapted to high-heeled shoes.

Background technology

Traditional high-heeled shoes have very uncomfortable reputation.Have investigation information to show that the user up to 20% of this footwear lives through the foot pain directly related with footwear, and big multi-user just stand this pain few after using four hours.

In order to understand prior art and the present invention, it must be understood that the anatomical structure of foot and the basis of shoe construction.For this reason, Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram that foot bones and footwear are positioned at those parts under the sole.With reference to Fig. 1, the anatomical structure of foot and the basis of shoe construction have been described compactly below.

Fig. 1 is the schematic medial side view of the bone of human foot 10.For the application's purpose, relate to the posterior direction that means foot or heel 20 backward; Relate to and then meaning forward on the direction of the foot front 30 that is positioned with toe or phalanx 31; Mean that foot is positioned with the side of arch 40 in the middle of relating to; Relate to the outside that the side means foot; And relate to top or top and bottom, bottom or followingly suppose that then foot or footwear are positioned vertical position.

Heel 20 (being also known as anklebone) comprises anklebone 21 and calcaneum 22.The rear portion lower surface of calcaneum 22 has the little protuberance 23 that is known as tuberosity of calcaneus.The bone of foot also comprises nut bone 41, cubitale 42, metatarsal 45 and phalanx or toe, can see big toe 31 among Fig. 1.Caput metatarsale 46 is positioned at the front end of metatarsal shafts 47.Metatarsal is labeled as 1 to 5, and 1 expression big toe.

Also described the exploded view that conventional high-heeled shoe 50 is positioned at those parts under the sole among Fig. 1.Footwear 50 have the heel 51 of sole 52 lower surfaces that generally are attached to footwear 50, and sole 52 support again in the end 53, in liner 54 is positioned on the end 53.In the footwear of routine, the interior end is regional below the wearer heel usually to be hard relatively structure to caput metatarsale.Liner is generally very flexible and extremely thin usually, and thickness is no more than 0.5 millimeter usually.Sole is shelved on the liner usually.

According to the shoe construction methods of routine, shoe tree is the style of footwear structure around it.During manufacture, the lower surface of shoe tree is shelved on the upper surface at the interior end, and vamp forms and be attached to the interior end around shoe tree then.Best, the upper surface at the lower surface of shoe tree and the interior end cooperates smoothly so that compatibly make footwear.If have any convex on the upper surface at the lower surface of shoe tree or the interior end, must have corresponding spill in the so correspondingly interior end or the shoe tree.In order to ensure qualified shoe construction, during the manufacturing of footwear, any this convex and corresponding spill carefully must be aimed at, thereby bring extra complexity and/or quality Control with regard to the manufacturing of giving footwear.

Chang Gui high-heeled shoes (such as shown in Figure 1) place the foot of wearer on the inclined plane basically as will be appreciated.So when standing or walk, foot pushes into toe-cap forward owing to gravity.This has caused pressure and toe on ball (ball) or the forefoot region to be clamped, and this brings burn feeling in regular meeting these zones in foot, and the fatigue in foot and other zone of health and uncomfortable.

Propose the comfort level that a lot of suggestions improve high-heeled shoes, comprised the suggestion in person former patent and the publication.For example, in the article of the Current in February nineteen ninety Podiatric Medicine 29-32 page or leaf, I have described a kind of high-heeled shoe design, wherein footwear are positioned at that part of below the heel and do not form from the continuous slope of arch down to ball, but are positioned at that part of ground that relatively is parallel to below the heel.The end in the rigid plastics molded shoe, used in this design, in the footwear end be depression with hold heel and be tilt heel is brought into the plane that more is parallel to ground.In addition, metatarsal pad is incorporated into the molded middle end.

In U.S. Patent No. 5,373, in 650, I have advised the correcting device below the heel.This correcting device is the rigid or semi-hard housing that is positioned at below the heel, and it has the point that extends to the caput metatarsale back that is positioned at pin under the arch support forward.Heel in this equipment is supported parallel to the ground or recedes a little.

In U.S. Patent No. 5,782, in 015, I have described a kind of high-heeled shoe design, wherein heel orientate as with respect to the shank plane more parallel or downward-sloping a little and its have arch support, this arch support supports the nut bone head in roughly identical with wearer heel bone plane.The open WO98/14083 of my PCT (on April 9th, 1998 is open) has described a kind of rigid molding equipment, and it comprises heel depression and the arc utensil that is shaped anatomically.

Also exist other people in the prior art and be used for improving a lot of examples of the design of comfort of high-heeled shoes.U.S. Patent No. 1,864,999, No.1,907,997, No.4,317,293, No.4,631,841, No.4,686,993, No.4,932,141 and No.6,412,198 each footwear inserts or the correcting device that is used for improving the high-heeled shoes comfort level all described.Wherein several arch support that relate to.Some are hard; Other has advised cushion, as the device that improves comfort level.If the inserts of prior art and apparatus for correcting are relative usually huge and add the grade of fit that can influence footwear by wearer after manufacturing.Other prior art suggestion that improves wearer comfort requires: each is used for making the shoe tree of footwear and will makes amendment to change the shape of footwear itself.

The structure of these prior aries recently improves comfort level by part that supports or cushion pin and/or the angle that changes pin to reduce the wearer weight percent of bearing to the different piece of front slide and/or change pin.Especially, their teachings suggest, heel is placed on the plane of level more move backward to weight on the heel, support arch, with toe to adjusted and/or cushion the surface of bearing maximum ratio weight on it.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of thin flexible shoe insert, its can be easy to be adapted to the footwear of any style and its can need not to change shoe tree and together with the manufacturing complexity under be incorporated into footwear.This inserts has two bumps a little that are positioned at below heel and the metatarsal.Although this inserts only has two bulge area a little, it has obviously increased the comfort level of wearer, even heel is very high.This inserts need not heel as the plane that is re-positioned in some prior aries with the floor level.Except inserts can be extremely thin a little the bump at these two, thereby minimize for any influence of footwear grade of fit and avoided any adverse effect for footwear style or outward appearance.Alternatively, Bao flexible insert can be arranged in the footwear by wearer.

According to the present invention, provide a kind of correlation method that is used for inserting the equipment of high-heeled shoes and utilizes these equipment structure footwear.This equipment comprises (a) back region, it is orientated as at least and is positioned under the calcaneum in the tuberosity of calcaneus region in front, the upper surface of described back region has from the back of this equipment and swells gradually to the bump on crescent summit, and described summit is located at below the tuberosity of calcaneus region in front; (b) front region, it is orientated as under at least a portion that is in metatarsal shafts, and the upper surface of described front region has and swells the bump on the summit below being positioned at wearer second and os metatarsale tertium axle gradually.In the preferred embodiment, this equipment has bridge joint or the zone line that connects zone, described front and back, and this equipment is flexible and upper surface contour smoothing between All Ranges this equipment.The characteristics and the advantage of equipment of the present invention are that this equipment can be applied to conventional high-heeled shoes generally and need not to change footwear or shoe tree.Utilization by this equipment is incorporated into footwear during manufacturing process, can construct footwear according to equipment of the present invention, and perhaps this equipment also can be used after making by wearer.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the exploded view that the diagrammatic cross-sectional view of foot bones and conventional high-heeled shoe are positioned at those parts below the sole.

Fig. 2 is the top plan view of an embodiment of equipment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the side cross-sectional view of equipment of the present invention shown in Figure 2 " III～III " intercepting along the plane.

Fig. 4 is the side cross-sectional view of equipment shown in Figure 2 " IV-IV " intercepting along the plane.

Fig. 5 is the exploded view that the diagrammatic cross-sectional view of foot bones and conventional high-heeled shoe are positioned at those parts below the sole, has wherein inserted equipment of the present invention shown in Figure 2.

Fig. 6 is the plane of optional embodiment of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

In the present invention, provide and improve comfort level and be easy to be installed in equipment in the high-heeled shoes.For the purposes of the present invention, be interpreted as that high-heeled shoes comprise that heel is about 1 inch or all higher footwear.When bump is positioned at when being positioned at below metatarsal shafts and the heel in the footwear, obtained benefit of the present invention.Usually, equipment of the present invention is positioned at at the interior end or liner of high-heeled shoes.Preferably, this equipment is sufficiently flexible so that it is easy to be consistent with the upper surface of the interior end or liner, and this equipment is positioned on the described interior end or the liner.This equipment can be made by the known any material of affiliated field those skilled in the art, and described material can be molded or be shaped and will be created in the flexible down equipment of average operating of footwear, still keeps enough dimensional stability to keep benefit of the present invention simultaneously.

In this preferred embodiment, this equipment is shaped as and is positioned at least under the following part: (i) from the tuberosity of calcaneus edge extend to heel be disposed immediately in that part of heel part in tuberosity of calcaneus front and (ii) second and the os metatarsale tertium axle below the zone.This equipment can extend outside these zones and can be shaped as with the shape at the liner or the interior end and is consistent.It is narrower when best, this equipment will be below will being positioned at liner than liner.The edge that this narrower size allows liner is adhered to the interior end along the edge of equipment of the present invention.According to the style of footwear, this narrower structure may be special hope.

This equipment has two tangible bumps: in user's foot tuberosity of calcaneus region in front, swell the first obvious bump on below calcaneum crescent summit from the leading edge of tuberosity of calcaneus, and be positioned in the footwear below the metatarsal shafts that is positioned at user's foot and its summit be positioned at second and the os metatarsale tertium axle below or the second obvious bump between the two.First and second bumps are connected by bridge joint or zone line.For the sake of clarity, will appreciate that to relate to the narrow and wide side-to-side dimensions that means footwear or equipment, and relate to protuberance, reduction, thin, the degree of depth or highly mean the vertical dimension of equipment.

Fig. 3-5 shows the exemplary embodiment of equipment 100 according to the invention.Equipment 100 is formed by flexible material, and for example flexiplast of molding or rubber are such as polyurethane, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) (TPE), thermoplastic elastomer (TPR), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA).The bump of this equipment has the Xiao A hardness between about 20 to 90, and preferably has the Xiao A hardness between about 30 to 50, and most preferably is about 40.Entire equipment preferably but not necessarily have identical hardness.Equipment 100 has metatarsal end 110 and heel end 120.This equipment comprises two bumps 130 and 140.Be positioned at first bump 130 in the back region and be generally crescent and be positioned in the footwear below lower area, this zone is disposed immediately in the heel bone of user's foot or tubercle 23 fronts of calcaneum 22.Crescent first bump 130 from the back of equipment protuberance so that crescent shown in Fig. 3-5 like that towards.Here the bump that relates to from equipment protuberance mean protuberance direction and meniscate towards.Therefore, in the time of outside equipment extends downwardly into tuberosity of calcaneus, will appreciate that bump needn't and preferably should be from the end protuberance of equipment.

Second bump 140 is arranged in front region and is positioned in below the metatarsal shafts 47 of user's foot.Best, the summit of second bump be positioned at second and the os metatarsale tertium axle below or between the two.Second bump comprises direction protuberance circular or the elliptical shape to the limit towards caput metatarsale.Bump forward preferably has the thin outward appearance of orientating as towards heel end 120 and the broad outward appearance of orientating as towards front end 110.

The summit of bump preferably than equipment below metatarsal shafts forward bump closely forward and bump below calcaneum closely backward upper surface high 2 to 8mm.In this preferred embodiment, the summit has similar or identical height.Preferably, each summit is for higher for the higher high-heeled shoes and lower for lower high-heeled shoes.And each summit is preferably lower and higher for larger-size footwear for the less footwear of size.In most preferred embodiment, each summit is for being about 3mm for the woman style footwear of 18.6 (1 yard in the U.S.) and for being to be about 6mm for 1 to 5 inch the woman style footwear of 31.3cm (16 yards in the U.S.) (perhaps to be equal in the footwear sign indicating number at other for height heels, for example UK ﹠ EURO and Japan). the zone that is covered by the protrusion branch also changes along with the size of footwear, and size that should the zone increases along with the increase of length and/or width.Usually, the size of protuberance (with regard to height and area) is proportional with the size of footwear, and general ratio rule is suitable is the length of footwear, and the width of footwear increases along with the increase of size.Yet, have been found that among a small circle size can use same equipment and can not bring significantly sacrificing with this device-dependent raising comfort level.Be shown as the position on the summit of two bumps with the limiting factor of the comfort level that equipment of the present invention obtained---below calcaneum but in the tuberosity of calcaneus front and below middle metatarsal but in the back of caput metatarsale.

The near-end of this equipment and far-end (being under heel rear portion and bump 140 fronts) are thinner with respect to bump.Preferably, the degree of depth of these near-ends and far-end make they and vamp be enclosed in upper surface around the end upper surface concordant.Preferably, the end also is shaped as to a certain extent with in the zone of extending between the vamp edge on the inner bottom surface and is consistent.These end portion thickness of this equipment are generally from 0.2 to 1mm.

Bridge joint or centre portion or the zone of this equipment between first bump 130 and second bump 140 is preferably also thinner with respect to bump.This regional thickness is partly by issues of structural integrity defined during the manufacturing process of footwear.This zone can have stronger material, and should be no more than 1 millimeters thick ideally.Generally speaking, this bridge joint or centre portion or zone must be thinner than

bump

130 and 140, and preferably thickness is no more than about 4 millimeters, and more preferably thickness is for being no more than about 2 millimeters and be no more than about 3 millimeters (perhaps in other footwear sign indicating number etc. unidimensional) for 10 yards woman style footwear of the U.S. for 6 yards woman style footwear of the U.S..This thin bridge joint or zone line have allowed this equipment to be easy to more be consistent with the shape at the interior end.The minimum widith of this bridge joint or zone line is also stipulated considering under the manufacturing, and best minimum widith is a width of keeping front region and back region geometry relative to each other.Breadth Maximum is can not hinder the width of footwear outward appearance.Preferably, this bridge joint or zone line are narrower than the interior end, and are similar to the end of equipment, and mutually concordant and shape zone that roughly form on the interior end with edge by vamp of the upper surface at the end was consistent in bridge joint or zone line and vamp surrounded.Fig. 6 has described an optional embodiment 200 of this equipment, and wherein front region 210 and centre or bridge areas as there are narrower than back region 220.Forward apex is that element 240 and rear apex are elements 230.

Should be noted that on the contrary, do not provide the arch that protrusion assigns to support wearer in the equipment of the present invention, but at least a portion bridge joint or zone line are thinner than the summit of first and second bumps 130,140 below the arch with the instruction of prior art.That is to say that when traditional arch support will be positioned in the footwear usually, thereby at least a portion zone below the arch is empty or is lower than adjacent area and makes arch portion ground not supported.

Preferably, the contour smoothing of equipment upper surface does not have to cause uncomfortable sharp transitions or edge.Especially, the summit of the bump of equipment and the transition between the peripheral region are level and smooth.

As mentioned above, the present invention has considered a single flexible apparatus that is combined with two bumps.The present invention has also considered the flexible apparatus of two separation, and each flexible apparatus comprises one of above-mentioned bump and they have realized advantage of the present invention together.The present invention has also considered a single flexible equipment, its one of comprise in the above-mentioned bump or another and its use with footwear that are combined with another bump or footwear parts.At last, the present invention has considered to be combined with the footwear of any previous embodiment equipment.

Equipment 100 preferably is positioned at during manufacturing process in the footwear 50.So the present invention also provides a kind of method of constructing high-heeled shoes, it comprises: (a) assembly vamp, the interior end and sole; (b) on the interior end, flexible apparatus is installed, this flexible apparatus comprises that (i) is positioned in the back region that is in the tuberosity of calcaneus leading edge region in front below the calcaneum, the upper surface of described back region has from the back of this equipment and swells gradually to the part on crescent summit, and described summit is located under the tuberosity of calcaneus region in front; (ii) orientate the front region that is in below at least a portion metatarsal shafts as, the upper surface of described front region have from the position of caput metatarsale back swell gradually to be in second and the os metatarsale tertium axle below the part on summit; The bridge joint or the zone line that (iii) connect zone, described front and back; The (iv) upper surface of described equipment transition smoothly between All Ranges; (c) liner is fixed to the interior end and equipment.The order of carrying out these steps is the selection of manufacturer.In a preferred embodiment of the invention, equipment 100 is positioned at at the interior end 53 of footwear 50, the top of the end and equipment 100 in then liner 54 being attached to.Consider that also equipment 100 can be installed in certain embodiments after making or after selling, for example by on the end 53 in after making, being placed on or the liner 54.Equipment 100 also can be by means of such as glue, pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA), hook and ring (for example

) or the means of machanical fastener (such as nail or staple) and so on be attached in the end 53 and liner 54.Generally speaking, any means that the bump that makes equipment still is held in place all can be used to equipment is positioned in the footwear.Equipment 100 also need not to separate with liner but can become whole with liner.

For the ease of the correct location of equipment, this equipment can provide the mark or the structure of directed this equipment.These marks can be that arrow or this equipment itself can be configured with the point as directed this equipment.

Two bumps can form separated components and be positioned in the footwear respectively.In the case, to become whole with the interior end or liner and need not be flexible to the zone between two of this equipment bumps.Another optional fabrication scheme be in a bump is incorporated into the bump of the end and this combination also to need not be flexible.Alternative dispensing means is that one or two bump is incorporated into liner.Yet in order to be easy to make, the individual equipment with the separation bump that is connected by bridge joint or centre portion is preferred.In all cases, this equipment is installed in that the part at the end must sufficiently flexiblely be consistent so that be easy to will be installed to them the upper surface at the interior end on it in the footwear.

Equipment of the present invention provides unforeseeable advantage in terms of existing technologies.For example, although bump only several millimeter in back is high, this equipment makes by the weight of foot's carrying obviously towards shifted and leaves the forefoot region of pin.So this equipment has reduced with wearing to be had with relevant toe pain of footwear and common low back pain.Thereby, utilize this equipment to reduce or avoided and used foot's pain of high-heeled shoes certain relevant.This equipment is also reorientated ankle to increase stability.

In addition, this equipment need not to be used for to make any variation of the shoe tree of conventional footwear; But this equipment can be positioned in the footwear of conventional configurations by manufacturer or wearer simply.This equipment also can not influence the grade of fit of footwear significantly, thus because the space that it can not clamp-on in the footwear basically and minimizing foot can use.

Claims

1. equipment that is used for inserting high-heeled shoes, it comprises:

A. back region, it has first upper surface and orientates as under the wearer calcaneus bone region that is in front, tuberosity of calcaneus edge at least, first upper surface of described back region has and swells gradually from the back of this equipment to first bump on crescent summit roughly, and and then described summit is positioned at tuberosity of calcaneus below the described calcaneus bone region of this tuberosity of calcaneus front;

B. front region, it has second upper surface and orientates as under the part that is in the wearer metatarsal shafts at least, and second upper surface of described front region has and swells second bump on the summit below being positioned at wearer second and os metatarsale tertium axle gradually;

C. zone line, its at least one thin part is thinner than the summit of described back and front region, and described zone line connects zone, described front and back;

Wherein said first and second upper surfaces quilt is structural configuration smoothly, and

The feasible weight of being born by the wearer foot of wherein said equipment is shifted to heel and is left sufficient forefoot region.

2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the summit of second bump of front region is 2 to 8mm height with respect to second bump and then on the surface of its front.

3. equipment as claimed in claim 2, wherein the height on the summit of second bump of front region is with respect to the size of footwear and highly proportional.

4. equipment as claimed in claim 3, wherein the scope on the summit of second bump of front region is from being that the 3mm of 1 yard woman style footwear of the U.S. is to being the 6mm of 16 yards woman style footwear of the U.S. for 31.3cm for 18.6cm.

5. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the summit of first bump of back region is 2 to 8mm height with respect to first bump and then on the surface of its back.

6. equipment as claimed in claim 5, wherein the height on the summit of first bump of back region is with respect to the size of footwear and highly proportional.

7. equipment as claimed in claim 6, wherein the scope on the summit of first bump of back region is from being that the 3mm of 1 yard woman style footwear of the U.S. is to being the 6mm of 16 yards woman style footwear of the U.S. for 31.3cm for 18.6cm.

8. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shape of second bump of front broadens and attenuates towards the back of metatarsal shafts towards the wearer caput metatarsale.

9. equipment as claimed in claim 8, wherein second bump of front is an elliposoidal.

10. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein this equipment is flexible.

11. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said thin part extends to the side of this equipment from the medial side of this equipment.

12. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein described at least zone line is flexible.

13. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second bumps are thicks of this equipment.

14. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thickness of all parts of this equipment except first and second bumps and the transition from first and second bumps to this equipment remainder all is no more than 1mm.

15. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein first and second bumps of back and front region have approximately identical height.

16. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least the first and second bumps have 20 to 90 Xiao A hardness.

17. as the equipment of claim 16, wherein at least the first and second bumps have 35 to 50 Xiao A hardness.

18. as the equipment of claim 17, wherein described at least first and second bumps have and are about 40 Xiao A hardness.

19. as the equipment of claim 16, wherein entire equipment has approximately identical Xiao A hardness all.

20. an equipment that is used for inserting high-heeled shoes, it comprises:

A. back region, it has first upper surface and orientates as under the wearer calcaneus bone region that is in front, tuberosity of calcaneus edge at least, first upper surface of described back region has and swells gradually from the back of this equipment to the part on crescent summit roughly, and described summit is positioned at and is right after tuberosity of calcaneus below the calcaneus bone region of this tuberosity of calcaneus front;

B. front region, it has second upper surface and orientates as under the part that is in the wearer metatarsal shafts at least, and second upper surface of described front region has and swells the part on the summit below being positioned at wearer second and os metatarsale tertium axle gradually;

C. zone line, its at least a portion is thinner than the summit of described back and front region, and described zone line connects zone, described front and back;

Wherein said front region and described zone line are narrower than described back region; The feasible weight of being born by the wearer foot of wherein said equipment is shifted to heel and is left sufficient forefoot region.