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Patent US7975406 - Driving shoes - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA shoe for driving a car according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a heel part 5 on a foot sole 4 and an inclined face 5B increasing gradually toward a rear side in a side view. This inclined face 5B comprises a first face part 5 a which is formed outside in a width direction and is...http://www.google.com/patents/US7975406?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7975406 - Driving shoesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7975406 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/987,938Publication dateJul 12, 2011Filing dateDec 6, 2007Priority dateDec 7, 2006Fee statusLapsedAlso published asUS20080134545Publication number11987938, 987938, US 7975406 B2, US 7975406B2, US-B2-7975406, US7975406 B2, US7975406B2InventorsFujinori SuzukiOriginal AssigneeI.B.M.I., JapanExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (18), Classifications (14), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDriving shoes
4. The driving shoe for driving a car according to claim 1, wherein an inclination angle of said inclined face is set within a range between 20° and 45°.
In this case, the inclined face 5B has a shape increasing gradually toward the rear side in a side view. In other words, providing such an inclined face 5B enables a toe to be floated stably when placing a foot sole (shoe sole) on an accelerator pedal or a brake pedal, which allows stable depressing operations. If the inclination angle of the inclined face 5B (an angle inclined α toward a car floor P in a side view; an angle specified by the car floor and after-mentioned line 8) is too large, the bending angle of an ankle becomes larger, if the inclination angle is too small, it is difficult to maintain a condition where a toe is floated, therefore, the inclination angle is preferably set within the range between 20° and 45°.
Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, if the first face part 5 a and the second face part 5 b are designed to be an inclined flat face increasing gradually along the line 8 as an edge line, it is preferable that when the horizontal part 5A (Refer to FIG. 1) of the heel part 5 comes in contact with the car floor normally, the heel part 5 is provided so that the inclination angles θ1 and θ2 at the supporting point (contact point) P1 of the line 8 to the horizontal line PL for each face part is 10 to 40° and 20 to 50°. Deigning as above mentioned enables a driver to change step easily from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal only by moving the toe leftward on the axis of the supporting point P1.
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