Tufted foam insole and tufted footwear
View Patent ↗The present invention provides for a tufted foam insole for use in slippers or other footwear. The present invention also provides for tufted footwear. A plurality of tufts in a foam pad provide for a firm but yet cushy feel to a user's foot.
1. An insole comprising:
a high density foam pad having a top surface and a bottom surface;
wherein the foam pad is tufted with individual stitched tufts that form localized compressed areas in the foam pad and that are substantially evenly spaced across the top of the foam pad.
2. The insole of claim 1 further comprising a binding secured to the bottom surface of the foam pad.
3. The insole of claim 1 further comprising an insole liner attached to the top surface of the foam pad.
4. The insole of claim 3 wherein the insole liner is velour.
5. A velour insole for a slipper comprising:
a high density foam pad having a top surface and a bottom surface;
a binding secured to the bottom surface of the foam pad;
a velour insole liner attached to the top surface of the foam pad; and
wherein the foam pad is tufted with individual stitched tufts that form localized compressed areas in the foam pad and that are substantially evenly spaced across the top of the foam pad.
6. A slipper comprising:
a tufted foam insole having individual stitched tufts that form localized compressed areas in the foam pad and that are substantially evenly spaced across the top of the foam pad; and
an outsole.
7. The slipper of claim 6 wherein the tufted foam insole is a tufted high density foam pad.
8. The slipper of claim 6 wherein the outsole is contoured.
9. The slipper of claim 6 further comprising a binding attached to the foam insole.
10. The slipper of claim 6 further comprising an insole liner attached to the foam insole.
11. The slipper of claim 10 wherein the insole liner is velour.
12. The slipper of claim 6 further comprising a heel cushion sandwiched between the tufted foam insole and the outsole.
13. The slipper of claim 12 wherein the heel cushion is a high density poly foam.
14. The slipper of claim 6 further comprising an arch cushion sandwiched between the tufted foam insole and the outsole.
15. The slipper of claim 14 wherein the arch cushion is a highly density poly foam.
16. A slipper comprising:
a tufted high density foam pad having individual stitched tufts that form localized compressed areas in the foam pad and that are substantially evenly spaced across the top of the foam pad;
a binding attached to the foam insole;
a velour insole liner attached to the foam insole;
a contoured outsole;
a high density poly foam heel cushion sandwiched between the tufted high density foam pad and the contoured outsole; and
a high density poly foam arch cushion sandwiched between the tufted high density foam pad and the contoured outsole.
17. A method for manufacturing a slipper comprising:
attaching a heel cushion to an outsole;
attaching an arch cushion to the outsole; and
securing a tufted foam insole having individual stitched tufts that form localized compressed areas in the foam pad and that are substantially evenly spaced across the top of the foam pad over the heel cushion and the arch cushion.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein the heel cushion is a high density poly foam.
19. The method of claim 17 wherein the arch cushion is a high density poly foam.
20. The method of claim 17 wherein the outsole is contoured.
21. The method of claim 17 wherein the tufted foam insole is tufted high density foam insole.
22. A method for manufacturing a slipper comprising:
attaching a high density poly foam heel cushion to a contoured outsole;
attaching a high density poly foam arch cushion to the contoured outsole; and
securing a tufted high density foam insole having individual stitched tufts that form localized compressed areas in the foam pad and that are substantially evenly spaced across the top of the foam pad over the heel cushion and the arch cushion.