Footwear

• US 4,033,054 A
• Filed: 08/11/1976
• Issued: 07/05/1977
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Tatsuo Fukuoka
• Original Assignee: Tatsuo Fukuoka
• Inventors: Fukuoka, Tatsuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Lawson, Patrick D.
• Application Number:
  US05/713,596
• Time in Patent Office: 328 Days
• Field of Search: 36/11.5, 36/88, 36/91, 36/43, 36/44, 36/32 R, 36/25 R, 128/582, 128/64
• US Class Current: 36/11.5
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0054 provided with magnets, magnetic parts or magnetic substances
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/14 with foot-supporting parts
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/1415 characterised by the location under the foot
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/142 situated under the medial arch, i.e. under the navicular or cuneiform bones
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/145 situated under the toes, i.e. the phalanges
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 7/146 provided with acupressure points or means for foot massage
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 39/04 Devices for pressing such points, e.g. Shiatsu or AcupressureMassage or pressure on general areas A61H9/00 - A61H23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/006 for magnetic stimulation of nerve tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 2/06 using magnetic fields produced by permanent magnets A61N2/12 takes precedence

Abstract

A footwear is provided with pressure projections adapted to pressure-stimulate effective spots of a foot and provide simulated finger-pressure treatment. Each of the pressure projections has a magnet for applying magnetism to the effective spots. The effective spots of the foot are therefore subjected to the multiple stimulating effects obtained by the pressure stimulation due to the pressure projections and the magnetic stimulation due to the magnets.

Claims

1. A footwear provided with at least one pressure projection adapted to pressure stimulate effective spots of a foot for pressure treatment, said pressure projection being provided on or near its top portion with a magnet.

2. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is provided so as to protrude inside the footwear.

3. A footwear as claimed in claim 2, in which said pressure projection has an angled shape with its middle portion protruding upward in section.

4. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is formed from harder material than that of its surrounding portion.

5. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is provided on the upper surface of a sole.

6. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is provided on a sheet member to be inserted inside the footwear to be under a foot.

7. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is provided inside a band of a sandal.

8. A footsole as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is provided on the inner surface of an upper of a shoe.

9. A footsole as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection and a sole are integrally molded from synthetic resin.

10. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said pressure projection is formed separately and then fitted onto a sole.

11. A footwear as claimed in claim 7, in which a sole is provided with said pressure projection and has at least such a flexibility that its portion including said projection is deformable when under a foot.

12. A footwear as claimed in claim 6, in which said pressure projection is provided on at least one portion on the upper surface of a sole selected from the root portion of the toes, the arch portion, the portion a little forward from the arch portion toward the central portion, and the heel portion.

13. A footwear as claimed in claim 1 in which said magnet is disposed so as to be closely adjacent or constant with an effective spot of a footsole.

14. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said magnet is disposed at such a distance from an effective spot of a foot as to permit the application of magnetism to the effective spot.

15. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said magnet is attached onto said pressure projection so as to protrude beyond said projection.

16. A footwear as claimed in claim 1, in which said magnet is embedded in said pressure projection.