SHOE HEEL DEVICE

• US 20150289588A1
• Filed: 04/09/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyman Kramer
• Original Assignee: Hyman Kramer
• Inventors: KRAMER, Hyman
• Granted Patent: US 9,737,112 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/14 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/141 with a part of the sole being flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/18 Resilient soles skating boots provided with resilient means A43B5/1658
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/181 Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 13/186 Differential cushioning region, e.g. cushioning located under the ball of the foot resilient heel not included in the sole A43B21/26; resilient supports for the heel of the foot A43B21/32
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 21/06 rubber
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 21/26 Resilient heels
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/24 Insertions or other supports preventing the foot canting to one side , preventing supination or pronation

Abstract

Shoe heel devices comprising a longitudinally compressible and transversely expandable shock absorber within a bore.

Claims

1. A device for a shoe heel comprising:

a vertically disposed bore and a shock absorber, the bore comprising an interior surface;

the shock absorber defined by a longitudinal component and a transverse component perpendicular to the longitudinal component, and comprising an elongated member, a relaxed state, and a compressed state;

the elongated member comprising a compressible material;

wherein at least a portion of the shock absorber is disposed longitudinally within the bore; and

wherein in the compressed state the compressible material is compressed longitudinally and expanded transversely such that the compressible material applies pressure to the interior surface of the bore.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the shoe heel comprises a bottom surface and the elongated member extends below the bottom surface when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the bore comprises a top and the elongated member extends above the top of the bore when the shock absorber is in a relaxed state.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the bore comprises a bottom and the shock absorber comprises a flange that prevents the shock absorber from falling through the bottom of the bore.

5. The device of claim 1 further comprising a heel cap, the heel cap comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a raised portion extending above the top surface of the heel cap, wherein the elongated member rests on the raised portion when the shock absorber is in the compressed state.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the elongated member also rests on the raised portion when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state.

7. The device of claim 1 further comprising a heel cap, the heel cap comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and an opening extending between the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the elongated member extends through the opening and below the bottom surface of the heel cap when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the bore comprises a top and the shock absorber comprises a flange that rests on the top of the bore when the shock absorber is in the compressed state.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the flange also rests on the top of the bore when the shock absorber is the relaxed state.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the bore extends through a floor plate.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the bore also extends through an insole.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein the floor plate comprises a rear portion that is not secured to a shoe.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the shoe heel comprises a rear portion of a floor plate that is not secured to a shoe.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the shock absorber pushes the rear portion of the floor plate upward when the shock absorber moves from the compressed state to the relaxed state.

15. A device for a shoe heel comprising:

a vertically disposed bore, a heel cap, and a shock absorber;

the shock absorber defined by a longitudinal component and a transverse component perpendicular to the longitudinal component, and comprising an elongated member, a relaxed state, and a compressed state;

the elongated member comprising a compressible material;

wherein at least a portion of the shock absorber is disposed longitudinally within the bore; and

wherein at least at a portion of the heel cap is aligned with the bore.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the heel cap comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and a raised portion extending above the top surface of the heel cap, wherein the elongated member rests on the raised portion when the shock absorber is in the compressed state.

17. The device of claim 16, wherein the elongated member also rests on the raised portion when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state.

18. The device of claim 15 wherein the heel cap comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and an opening extending between the top surface and the bottom surface and aligned with the bore, wherein the elongated member extends through the opening and below the bottom surface of the heel cap when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the shock absorber comprises a bottom and the bottom of the shock absorber is level with the bottom surface of the heel cap when the shock absorber is in the compressed state.

20. A device for a shoe heel comprising:

a heel cap, a vertically disposed bore, and a shock absorber, the bore comprising an interior surface, a bottom, and a flange that prevents the shock absorber from falling through the bottom of the bore;

the shock absorber defined by a longitudinal component and a transversely component perpendicular to the longitudinal component, and comprising an elongated member, a relaxed state, and a compressed state;

the elongated member comprising a compressible material;

wherein at least a portion of the shock absorber is disposed longitudinally within the bore;

wherein in the compressed state the compressible material is compressed longitudinally and expanded transversely such that the compressible material applies pressure to the interior surface of the bore;

wherein the heel cap comprises a top surface, a bottom surface, and an opening extending between the top surface and the bottom surface; and

wherein the elongated member extends through the opening and below the bottom surface of the heel cap when the shock absorber is in the relaxed state.