Combined resilient sole of a shoe

• US 5,649,374 A
• Filed: 05/10/1996
• Issued: 07/22/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Chou, Hsueh-li
• Primary Examiner(s): KAVANAUGH, JOHN T
• Application Number:
  US08/644,906
• Time in Patent Office: 438 Days
• Field of Search: 36/27, 36/28, 36/37, 36/38
• US Class Current: 36/27
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 21/30 Heels with metal springs

Abstract

A combined resilient sole of a shoe comprises a sole body defining a cavity at a heel position thereof. A retaining bracket is mounted within the cavity and a number of blind holes in a surface defining the recess. A number of springs are disposed in the blind holes. A footstock is disposed over the retaining bracket. The footstock has a number of bosses extending from an undersurface thereof so that the springs may be compressed between the retaining bracket and the footstock. In a preferred embodiment, a setting sheet is disposed in the recess, and has a same dimension as that of the surface defining the recess. The setting sheet is disposed in the recess and defines a plurality of holes therein aligning with the blind holes of the recess, through which the springs may extend. In such an embodiment, a layer of sponge is covered on a top periphery of the retaining bracket to provide a resilient effect, the layer of sponge being configured as a frame.

Claims

1. A combined resilient sole of a shoe comprising:

a sole body defining a cavity at a heel position thereof;

a retaining bracket mounted within the cavity, the retaining bracket defining a recess at a center thereof and a plurality of blind holes in an upper surface of the recess;

a plurality of springs respectively and vertically disposed in the blind holes; and

a footstock having a dimension the same as that of the upper surface of the recess and being disposed over a setting sheet, said footstock having a plurality of bosses extending from an undersurface thereof and each boss respectively retained within an upper end of the springs, thereby compressing the springs between the retaining bracket and the footstock.

2. A combined resilient sole of a shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein a periphery of the cavity of the sole body defines three through-holes at two sides and a back thereof, respectively, and wherein the retaining bracket has three protruding blocks integrally formed at two sides and a back thereof corresponding to the through-holes of the cavity, whereby the retaining bracket may engaged within the cavity.

3. A combined resilient sole of a shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein a bottom defining the cavity of the sole body is formed of a semitransparent sheet.

4. A combined resilient sole of a shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the retaining bracket is formed of a hard and transparent material.

5. A combined resilient sole of a shoe as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a setting sheet disposed in the recess, said setting sheet having a same dimension as that of the surface defining the recess and which is made of a PVC material, said setting sheet disposed in the recess and defining a plurality of holes therein aligning with the blind holes in the surface defining the recess, through which the springs may extend.

6. A combined resilient sole of a shoe as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a layer of sponge covered on a top periphery of the retaining bracket to provide a resilient effect, the layer of sponge being configured as a frame.

7. A combined resilient sole of a shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bosses of the footstock are respectively configured as cylinders.