IP Library Granted Patent US 7,347,831
Granted Patent B2
US 7,347,831 · App. 11/456,218 · Granted Mar 25, 2008

Shoe with massaging and warming arrangements

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Patent No.
US 7,347,831
App. No.
11/456,218
Granted
Mar 25, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ventilated shoe includes an outsole; an insole including projections; and a space defined by the insole and the outsole and including resilient pillars in the instep and interconnected the insole and the outsole, a battery compartment, second compartments, motor-driven vibrating devices located in the second compartments, an exposed first switch, a heating element, an exposed second switch, and a circuit board with the first and second switches provided on its edge. Turning on the first switch will activate the vibrating devices to vibrate the projections to perform a first operation to massage the sole. Turning on the second switch will activate the heating element to perform a second operation to warm the foot.

Claims (7)

1. A sole assembly mounted in either one of a pair of shoes, comprising:

a plurality of openings formed on a periphery;

an outsole;

an insole including a plurality of perforations therethrough, and a plurality of projections provided proximate a toe portion and in a heel portion; and

a space defined by and between the insole and the outsole and including a plurality of curved grooves, a plurality of resilient pillars provided in an instep and interconnected the insole and the outsole, a first compartment in the heel portion, a battery located in the first compartment, a plurality of second compartments smaller than the first compartment and located in the instep and in the toe portion, a plurality of vibrating devices located in the second compartments, a first switch electrically interconnected the battery and the vibrating devices and exposed on the periphery, a plurality of channels, a heating element fastened in the channels, a second switch electrically interconnected the battery and the heating element and exposed on the periphery, and a circuit board with the first and second switches provided on its edge;

whereby turning on the first switch will activate the vibrating devices to vibrate the projections to perform a first operation to massage the sole, and turning on the second switch will activate the heating element to perform a second operation to warm the foot.

2. The sole assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second switch is a selection switch capable of operating in either 150° C. or 50° C.

Continuity (1)
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