Weighting device for footwear

• US 10,542,791 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 01/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Powerinstep, S.L.
• Original Assignee: Cifosport Licensing Sl
• Inventors: Cifo Garcia, Domingo
• Primary Examiner(s): Bays, Marie D
• Application Number:
  US14/776,658
• Publication Number:
  US 20160029742A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,147 Days
• Field of Search: 36132, 36136, 36 72 R
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 19/005 Weighted inserts for shoes, i.e. insert comprising an additional weight
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 3/0031 provided with a pocket, e.g. for keys or a card
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/065 worn on user's body
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4015 to the foot
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4025 Resistance devices worn on the user's body A63B21/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/04 for lower limbs training appliances for special sports A63B69/00; for the purpose of producing mechanical power F03G5/00

Abstract

The invention relates to a weighting device for footwear, applicable in footwear suitable for practicing sports and/or for rehabilitation therapy, said device comprising a plate (1) of weighted material, preferably quadrangular and with a curved or angular configuration suitable for applying to the area of the instep of the footwear, a receptacle suitable for containing said plate (1), and means for attaching the device to the footwear to be weighted.

Claims

1. A weighting device for attachment to a footwear comprising an instep area and laces, and for one or both sports training or rehabilitation therapies, the weighting device comprising:

a weighting plate with a curved shape for resting on the instep area of the footwear, and

a receptacle, the receptacle comprising

a casing for the arrangement of said weighting plate therein, and

a releasable mounting base to be placed under the laces of the footwear to be weighted and retained by the laces and having a curved outer surface so as to adapt to the area of the instep of the footwear,

the casing and the releasable mounting base being provided with complementary couplings, such that the casing is arranged over the laces of the footwear to which the weighting device is attachable and

the complementary couplings between the casing and the releasable mounting base being provided at two opposite ends thereof, and

the releasable mounting base comprises lateral recesses formed between the two opposite ends carrying the couplings and defining in said releasable mounting an intermediate portion narrower than the opposite ends.

2. A weighting device according to claim 1, the plate being rectangular.

3. A system for sports training or rehabilitation therapies, comprising:

a footwear comprising an instep area and laces, and

a weighting device for weighting the footwear, the weighting device comprising;

a weighting plate with a curved shape for resting on the instep area of the footwear, and

a receptacle, the receptacle comprising

a casing for the arrangement of said plate therein, and

a releasable mounting base to be placed under the laces of the footwear to be weighted and retained by the laces and having a curved outer surface so as to adapt to the area of the instep of the footwear, and

the casing and the releasable mounting base being provided with complementary couplings, such that the casing is arranged over the laces.

4. The system according to claim 3, the plate being rectangular.

5. The system according to claim 3, the complementary couplings between the casing and the releasable mounting base being provided at two opposite ends thereof.

6. The system according to claim 5, the releasable mounting base comprising lateral recesses, formed between the two opposite ends carrying the couplings and defining in said releasable mounting an intermediate portion narrower than the opposite ends.