High heel for exercising achilles tendons while walking
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a high heel for women, and particularly, to a high heel which not only prevents weight from being concentrated to the toe when worn but also absorbs shock to achieve walking comfort, and in which stress is provided to the arch of the sole to prevent deformation of the toes and exercise the Achilles' tendon such that joints are protected and the posture is corrected thereby preventing damage to the spine. To this end, a protrusion part 1 is formed at a part to support a back end of the arching of the sole, and an inclined surface 2 inclined downward from a back end of the protrusion part 1 , which positions the heel of the sole to an end part of the high heel such that the Achilles' tendon can be exercised while walking.
1. A high heel shoe for exercising an Achilles' tendon while walking, the high heel shoe comprising:
a part (a) configured to support a toe positioned at a front end of a sole of a foot as the toe is bent to a joint part with the sole at an angle;
a part (b) extending from a posterior portion of the part (a) and configured to support an arching part of the sole of the foot;
a part (c) extending rearward from a posterior portion of the part (b) and configured to closely make contact with a heel of the sole of the foot;
a curved protrusion part, integral to a heel portion of the high heel shoe, extending forward from an anterior portion of the heel portion along a curve of the posterior portion of the part (b) to a transition portion of an inclined surface, the heel portion of the high heel shoe, including the curved protrusion part, being joined to a vertically aligned heel of the high heel shoe;
a buffer element provided externally at a forefoot portion of the high heel shoe, the forefoot portion being within a front half of an overall length of the high heel shoe, the buffer element comprising a plurality of hollow, cylindrical pieces integral to the outsole of the part (a), the plurality of hollow, cylindrical pieces arranged perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the high heel shoe and configured to extend to a back end of the toe; and
the inclined surface having an upward inclination from the posterior portion of the part (a) through to an anterior portion of the part (c) and a downward inclination from the anterior portion of the part (c) to a posterior portion of part (c), the inclined surface being configured to position the heel of the sole of the foot directly above the heel portion of the high heel shoe,
wherein an anterior most edge of the curved protrusion part is oriented below and proximate to the transition portion of the inclined surface at which the upward inclination of the inclined surface transitions to the downward inclination of the inclined surface,
wherein, the curved protrusion part is adapted to be positioned at the back end of the arching part of the sole of the foot, extending from the anterior portion of the heel portion to a position of 65% of the overall length of the high heel shoe, the 65% of the overall length of the high heel shoe being measured from an anterior edge of the part (a), and
wherein a posterior 35% of the overall length comprises a posterior portion of the inclined surface, which is curved upward and a portion of the inclined surface, which is curved downward, terminating at a posterior edge of the part (c).
2. The high heel shoe of claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle of an upper surface of the curved protrusion part to a posterior portion of the heel, which is aligned with a posterior portion of part (c), is maintained in a range of 10° to 15°.