Elastic shoe pad

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6298581
  • Patent Number
    6,298,581
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, September 28, 2000
    24 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 9, 2001
    23 years ago
Abstract
An elastic shoe pad has an elastic seat and a positioning seat engaging with the elastic seat. The elastic seat has an elastic plate, a plurality of connecting bars disposed on a bottom of the elastic plate, and a plurality of elastic tubes connected to the connecting bars. The positioning seat has a plurality of hollow chambers matching the elastic tubes, and a plurality of upper slots communicating with the hollow chambers. The elastic tubes are inserted in the hollow chambers. An outsole has an upper periphery flange. The elastic shoe pad is disposed on the outsole. The upper periphery flange encloses the elastic shoe pad.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




The present invention relates to an elastic shoe pad. More particularly, the present invention relates to an elastic shoe pad which has an elastic seat and a positioning seat protecting the elastic seat.




Most conventional elastic shoe pads have elastic fatigure problems after a long period of usage. Some elastic shoe pads have air or silicones therein. However, the elastic shoe pads become useless if the elastic shoe pads are pierced.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




An object of the present invention is to provide an elastic shoe pad which has an elastic seat and a positioning seat protecting the elastic seat.




Another object of the present invention is to provide an elastic shoe pad which has an elastic seat and a positioning seat reducing an elastic fatigure of the elastic seat after a long period of usage.




Accordingly, an elastic shoe pad comprises an elastic seat and a positioning seat engaging with the elastic seat. The elastic seat has an elastic plate, a plurality of connecting bars disposed on a bottom of the elastic plate, and a plurality of elastic tubes connected to the connecting bars. The positioning seat has a plurality of hollow chambers matching the elastic tubes, and a plurality of upper slots communicating with the hollow chambers. The elastic tubes are inserted in the hollow chambers. An outsole has an upper periphery flange. The elastic shoe pad is disposed on the outsole. The upper periphery flange encloses the elastic shoe pad. The upper periphery flange and the elastic shoe pad are sealed together by a high frequency method.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a perspective exploded view of an elastic shoe pad of a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a sectional assembly view of a stretcher;





FIG. 3

is a sectional exploded view of an elastic shoe pad of a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a sectional assembly view of an elastic shoe pad of a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 5

is an elevational view of an outsole and an elastic shoe pad of a preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention;





FIG. 5A

is a sectional view taken along line


5


A—


5


A in

FIG. 5

; and





FIG. 6

is a perspective assembly view of an elastic shoe pad of another preferred embodiment in accordance with the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




Referring to

FIGS. 1

to


5


A, an elastic shoe pad comprises an elastic seat


10


and a positioning seat


20


engaging with the elastic seat


10


.




The elastic seat


10


has an elastic plate


11


, a plurality of connecting bars


12


disposed on a bottom of the elastic plate


11


, and a plurality of elastic tubes


13


connected to the connecting bars


12


.




The positioning seat


20


has a plurality of hollow chambers


22


matching the elastic tubes


13


, and a plurality of upper slots


21


communicating with the hollow chambers


22


.




The elastic tubes


13


are inserted in the hollow chambers


22


.




An outsole


40


has an upper periphery flange


41


.




The elastic shoe pad is disposed on the outsole


40


.




The upper periphery flange


41


encloses the elastic shoe pad. The upper periphery flange


41


and the elastic shoe pad are sealed together by a high frequency method.




Referring to

FIG. 2

again, a stretcher


30


is inserted in one of the elastic tubes


13


. The elastic tube


13


is deformed and stretched in order to place the elastic tube


13


into the respective hollow chamber


22


. After the elastic tube


13


is inserted in the respective hollow chamber


22


, the stretcher


30


is removed.




The stretcher


30


has a male sleeve


31


inserted in the elastic tube


13


, a female sleeve


32


inserted in the elastic tube


13


, the male sleeve


31


engaging with the female sleeve


32


, the male sleeve


31


having a first flange


311


, the female sleeve


32


having a second flange


321


, a first plug


34


and the first flange


311


clamping an end of the elastic tube


13


, a second plug


35


and the second flange


321


clamping another end of the elastic tube


13


, a collar


39


disposed on the second plug


35


, a shaft


33


passing through a first compression spring


36


, the first plug


34


, the male sleeve


31


, the female sleeve


32


, the second plug


35


, a second compression spring


36


′, and the collar


39


.




A positioning block


37


is disposed on an end of the shaft


33


. A movable block


38


is disposed on another end of the shaft


33


.




Referring to

FIG. 6

, another elastic shoe pad comprises an elastic seat


10


′ and a positioning seat


20


′ engaging with the elastic seat


10


′.




The elastic seat


10


′ has an elastic plate


11


′, seven connecting bars


12


′ disposed on a bottom of the elastic plate


11


′, and seven elastic tubes


13


′ connected to the connecting bars


12


′.




The positioning seat


20


′ has seven hollow chambers


22


′ matching the elastic tubes


13


′, and seven upper slots


21


′ communicating with the hollow chambers


22


′.




The elastic tubes


13


′ are inserted in the hollow chambers


22


′.




The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment but various modification thereof may be made. Furthermore, various changes in form and detail may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.



Claims
  • 1. An elastic shoe pad comprises:an elastic seat and a positioning seat engaging with the elastic seat, the elastic seat having an elastic plate, a plurality of connecting bars disposed on a bottom of the elastic plate, and a plurality of elastic tubes connected to the connecting bars, the positioning seat having a plurality of hollow chambers matching the elastic tubes, and a plurality of upper slots communicating with the hollow chambers, the elastic tubes inserted in the hollow chambers, an outsole having an upper periphery flange, the elastic shoe pad disposed on the outsole, the upper periphery flange enclosing the elastic shoe pad, wherein the upper periphery flange and the elastic shoe pad are sealed together by a high frequency method.
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Number Name Date Kind
5005300 Diaz et al. Apr 1991
5118555 Horovitz Jun 1992
5212878 Burke et al. May 1993
5220737 Edington Jun 1993
5679327 Halberstadt Oct 1997
6209226 Squadroni Apr 2001