Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110078923A1/en
Timestamp: 2018-11-18 00:03:16
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 20', 'art 20', 'art 20', 'art 20', 'art 20', 'art 20']

US20110078923A1 - Walking device - Google Patents
US20110078923A1
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US12922613
Markus Bartholet
Walking devices of this type are known by the name Masai Barefoot Technology, MBT for short, and also known under the Swiss Masai label. A characteristic feature of the MBT walking devices is a form of sole that is rounded convexly in the walking direction, with a soft heel part, known as the “Masai sensor”, inserted in a recess of a midsole. The midsole has a reinforcing element—known as a “shank”—integrated in it, which reinforces the midsole in such a way that it is substantially rigid even in the portion thereof that is above the soft heel part. On account of the bottom shoe structure of the MBT walking device, deliberately soft and made to act in a destabilizing manner for this reason, the foot loses the hold and support that is characteristic of physiological locomotion. This bottom structure acts on major parts of the postural and supporting musculature, because the body must now be actively kept in balance. On account of these constantly required minimal compensating movements and tensings of the musculature of the foot in seeking to maintain a stable standing position, wearing MBT shoes is like permanently performing sensorimotor training and works additional parts of the musculature of the skeleton. In particular, neglected muscles are trained, posture and gait pattern are improved and the body is toned and shaped. Furthermore, wearing MBT shoes can alleviate back, hip, leg or foot ailments and joint, muscle, ligament or tendon injuries to as well as relieve hip and knee joints. The known bottoms of the MBT shoes have a considerable thickness.
The embodiment of a walking device according to the invention that is represented in the drawing has a shoe bottom 10, represented in FIGS. 1 to 9, a reinforcing element 12, according to FIGS. 10 to 12, and a generally known upper 14, as indicated in FIG. 13. The reinforcing element 14 forms an insole, to which the upper 14 is attached in a known manner—by means of lasting. Said upper 14, together with the reinforcing element 12, are fastened to the shoe bottom 10, for example by adhesive bonding.
The shoe bottom 10 has a midsole 16, a soft heel part 20, arranged in a recess 18 of the midsole 16, and an outsole 22. The outsole 22 has—in the unloaded state—a form that is continuously rounded convexly in the walking direction L from the rear end 24 of the shoe bottom 10 to the front end 26 of the shoe bottom 10, in the walking direction L. It is kept in this form by the midsole 16 and the soft heel part 20. This form is typical of shoe bottoms 10 of MBT shoes (MBT is a registered trademark of Masai Marketing and Trading AG, Romanshorn) and is also disclosed, for example, in WO 01/15560.
As FIGS. 4 and 7 illustrate, the soft heel part 20 is made wider—transversely to the walking direction L—on its underside 36 adjoining the outsole 22 than on its upper side 38, facing the midsole 16. Both on the outer side 40 and on the inner side 42 of the shoe bottom 10, the side walls 43 of the soft heel part 20 are convexly formed. This embodiment of the soft heel part 20 provides a somewhat better transverse stability than in the case of an embodiment with an underside 36 and upper side 38 of the soft heel part 20 that are of the same width, in particular if the outsole 22 is formed in a waisted manner.
In a known manner, the upper 14 is produced and then its border 68—also known as a lasting allowance—is firmly joined to the reinforcing element 12 by adhesive bonding in the border recess 62. Subsequently, the structural unit comprising the upper 14 and the reinforcing element 12 is placed within the collar 50 onto the upper surface 44 of the midsole 16 and adhesively bonded with the latter over its full surface area, including the collar 50.
14. The walking device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recess is formed continuously, in a direction transverse to the walking direction.
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Owner name: MASAI MARKETING & TRADING AG, SWITZERLAND
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Owner name: MASAI INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD., SINGAPORE
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