Footwear with shock adsorber
View Patent ↗A footwear for protecting the foot against an impact with an external body, comprising a protective component (20) adapted to deforming under pressure from the foot and/or the external body in case of impact. The protection component is made in a way to react under said pressure with a permanent and irreversible structural alteration, thus absorbing and simultaneously dispersing the received energy during the impact.
1. Motorcycle boot for protecting a foot against impact with an external body, comprising a hull made of plastic material comprising a sole lower part and a reinforcing metal plate, the reinforcing metal plate having a first end embedded in the sole lower part and a second end projecting over a seat wherein a protective component is housed, the protective component being adapted to break without carrying out any plastic deformation under pressure from one or more of the foot and the external body during an impact, wherein the protective component absorbs a magnitude of energy from the impact and is blocked on an upper side by the second end of the metal plate;
and wherein two cuts run through an entire thickness of the sole lower part and extend parallel along a length of the first end of the reinforcing metal plate so as to make the metal plate able to oscillate for cushioning the foot during light impacts to the motorcycle boot.
2. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , wherein the seat is obtained in the sole and defined by a peripheral edge, wherein a plurality of teeth protrude from a rear portion of said peripheral edge in order to hold the protective component in the seat.
3. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , wherein the magnitude of energy from the impact is greater than a magnitude of energy from the lighter impacts.
4. The motorcycle boot footwear according to claim 3 , wherein the magnitude of energy from the impact is sufficient to cause injury to heel of foot without use of the protective component.
5. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , wherein the protective component by collapsing dissipates the magnitude of energy absorbed, preventing transfer of the energy to the foot.
6. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the metal plate is connected to the sole lower part.
7. The motorcycle boot according to claim 6 , wherein the second end of the plate is embedded in the sole lower part.
8. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , wherein the second end of the metal plate is positioned so to float on the upper side of the protective component.
9. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , wherein the protective component comprises an insert that is held within the seat yet freely removable and thereby replaceable after collapsing with another like protective component.
10. The motorcycle boot footwear according to claim 9 , wherein the protective component is held within the seat via a plurality of teeth protruding from a peripheral edge of the seat.
11. The motorcycle boot according to claim 1 , where the protective component when housed in the seat is entirely concealed from sight.
12. The motorcycle boot of claim 1 , wherein when portion of sole lower part extending between the two cuts is made to move during light impacts, such portion oscillates together with the second end of the metal plate.