Global Patent Index - EP 1444910 B1

EP 1444910 B1 20060503 - Foot support or insole able to generate a localized pressure at precise points of the sole of the foot, to hence create a massage on those points

Title (en)

Foot support or insole able to generate a localized pressure at precise points of the sole of the foot, to hence create a massage on those points

Title (de)

Fußbett oder Einlegesohle zum Erzeugen eines lokalen Druckes in bestimmten Fußsohlenstellen, um diese Stellen zu massieren

Title (fr)

Support ou semelle orthopédique permettant de générer une pression localisée en des points bien précis de la plante du pied afin de les masser

Publication

EP 1444910 B1 20060503 (EN)

Application

EP 04000803 A 20040116

Priority

IT MI20030181 A 20030204

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP1444910A1] A foot support or insole (1) to be used in a shoe or in a sock, for an adult or child, said insole presenting a layered formation comprising at least one yieldable intermediate layer (5). On the upper layer (3) a plurality of projections (15, 17) are present, arranged to lie in correspondence with predefined regions of the sole of the foot to hence generate a localized pressure on them, said regions corresponding at least to the medial zone and to the central part of the sole of the foot and corresponding to those reflex zones of the foot defined in reflexology methodology. <IMAGE>

IPC 8 full level

A43B 7/26 (2006.01); A43B 7/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A43B 7/142 (2013.01); A43B 7/1445 (2013.01); A43B 7/146 (2013.01); A43B 7/223 (2013.01); A43B 7/26 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1444910 A1 20040811; EP 1444910 B1 20060503; AT E324809 T1 20060615; DE 602004000766 D1 20060608; ES 2264044 T3 20061216; IT MI20030181 A1 20040805; PT 1444910 E 20060929

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 04000803 A 20040116; AT 04000803 T 20040116; DE 602004000766 T 20040116; ES 04000803 T 20040116; IT MI20030181 A 20030204; PT 04000803 T 20040116