CN1163166C

CN1163166C - High-heeled shoes and manufacturing method thereof

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Publication number: CN1163166C
Application number: CNB971985200A
Authority: CN
Inventors: ��¡�J��ϲ��; 霍华德·J·达南伯格
Original assignee: HBN Shoe LLC
Current assignee: HBN Shoe LLC
Priority date: 1996-10-02
Filing date: 1997-09-30
Publication date: 2004-08-25
Anticipated expiration: 2017-09-30
Also published as: WO1998014083A1; ID21233A; CN1520761A; BG63449B1; IL129277A; PL332645A1; KR20000048825A; PL185994B1; EP0991333A4; YU17799A; TR200003757T2; CA2267241A1; NZ334835A; JP2001523981A; IL129277A0; RO118110B1; EP0991333A1; RO118559B1; TR199900736T2; BG105934A

Abstract

A shoe construction includes a rigid molded device including a heel cup and an anatomically shaped arch device extending forward from the heel cup to the proximal metatarsal head end to allow the wearer's foot to assume anatomically correct position in the shoe and provide torsional stability and structural integrity to the shoe.

Description

High-heeled shoes and preparation method thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates generally to high-heeled shoes and preparation method thereof.

Background technology

The evaluation of the high-heeled shoes that technology previous and use at present is made is extremely uncomfortable, and investigation points out that traditional high-heeled shoes user of 20% had because of wearing this shoes and can feel the experience of pin pain at once, and most user can feel that within four hours pin bitterly.The slippage forward and cause wearer's toe to be extruded in footwear of this uncomfortable pin mainly due to the wearer at the front end of shoes.

With reference to figure 1, be presented at the bony structure of a pin in the traditional high-heeled shoes among the figure with chain-dotted line.The structure of pin comprises calcaneum 10 (being also referred to as shank), arch area and phalanges or phalanx 13, and calcaneum 10 comprises astragalus and calcaneum, and arch area comprises ancient festival in spring and autumn held on water banks to drink and cleanse away the evil influences shape bone 11 and metatarsal 12.Entreat the spherical bone 16 of sole reinforcing section 15 to the substrate junction of pin metatarsal and phalanx 13 among in the arch area extend through footwear of pin, calcaneum 10 is supported by heel seat 19.The spherical bone of pin is below the metatarsal front end and form metatarsal, and phalanx is supported by shoes toe areas 9.

Show that in Fig. 1 these footwear have following of about 50.8mm high.Shown shoes are according to No. 7, Unite States Standard women's shoes.Footwear are placed on the

ground

18, and 18 have with high through measurement to heel seat 19 and to be " a " from ground.Heel seat 19 is about 12-15 degree with respect to the acclivitous angle in ground.This angle " X " can be referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3.Central authorities' sole reinforcing section 15 is with forward and downward with respect to the angle inclination of about 30 degree in ground in footwear from shoe.This angle " Y " can be referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3.Big female toe of toe portion should be parallel with ground in footwear, but may because of toe portion have one with respect to ground 18 upwards and forward the angle of 2-3 degree cause it upwards and turn forward.This angle " Z " can be referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3.

Will be appreciated that one of be presented among Fig. 1 only traditional high-heeled shoes and make wearer's pin place a clinoplain substantially, therefore pin is forced to be forwarded to the toe casket when standing or walk.So cause constriction and toe extruding, often make this part pin produce a kind of sensation of burn, reach tired and uncomfortable at spherical bone or pin leading section branch.

Traditionally, shoes promptly slide with two kinds of basic technologies and go up one of them making of footwear (board lasting) on footwear (slip lasting) and the plate.Footwear are typically to be stitched together then sticking or to be sewn on central sole and/or the outsole with a upper of a shoe in the slip.Footwear are to stick or be sewn on a plane or the pre-template with upper of a shoe on the plate, then stick on sole and/or the outsole again.For footwear being collapsed and suitably supporting wearer's body weight, a reinforcement is commonly referred to as the sole stage casing, typically makes with metal, leather, fiberboard or plastics, is clinged and/or be sewn to central sole and/or insole plate and outsole.Some footwear structure also uses the shoe-pad lining of a mold pressing, and/or insole pad in footwear as the beam of pin.Though originally beam has comfortable sensation by pin in footwear, in fact beam destroys the biological engineering character of footwear, and to pin in footwear stability or all do not have to act on the tram feet of anatomy.

Summary of the invention

The present invention's main purpose provides a kind of high-heeled shoes, has footwear structure comfortable and easy to wear, also makes wearer's pin be in the correct Support Position of anatomy in footwear simultaneously.

Another object of the present invention is provides a kind of manufacturing method of shoes, and its footwear structure that provides is comfortable and easy to wear, also makes wearer's pin be in Support Position correct on the anatomy in footwear.

Another object of the present invention is provides a kind of high-heeled shoes and manufacturing method of shoes, this footwear change the device of heel with respect to the angle of inclination on ground, this device be applicable to various height heels when height heels changes when the women wears high heels and keep heel with the approaching parallel relation in ground.

Another object of the present invention is provides a kind of high-heeled shoes, has a kind of footwear structure, and it can support the Y of pin, but can make inclined shaft to flexibility is arranged.It will can be applicable in the design of golf shoes for example, and it can have flexibility when waving action, but can prevent the longitudinal arched district depression of pin when walking.In this application, zone below the longitudinal arched district between among the pin being diminished or remove fully makes the arch area of liftable pin when waving action, and the middle body of footwear will be kept rigid structure and avoid major axis destroyed.

Briefly, for realizing aforementioned and other purposes, the invention provides a kind of high-heeled shoes, comprise: a heel has the fixing height heels of 25.4mm at least; One heel seat is located on the described heel and holds; One arch support is extended forward and is had a first from the heel seat, and this first supports wearer's nut bone front end about wearer's heel bone with respect to the same level on ground greatly; Extend downwards forward from the first of arch support in one sole stage casing; An and toe supporting zone, extension upwards turns forward from the sole stage casing, thereby support wearer's phalanx, the pin that prevents the wearer with respect to shoes to front slide, wherein the heel seat is placed in respect to the sole stage casing and does the position of rotation clockwise with an angle " H ", this heel seat inclination angle " H " with respect to ground draws by following formula: H=5 °+(α * 1.25 °) wherein behind α=the surpass 25.4mm with 12.7mm the height heels of the section of being, the sole stage casing tilts to stand on ground with a metatarsal angle " M ", and M draws according to following formula: M=18 °+(α * 3.25 °) wherein behind α=the surpass 25.4mm with 12.7mm the height heels of the section of being.

For realizing purpose of the present invention, the present invention also provides a kind of method of making shoes, wherein upper of a shoe and outsole are fixed in a shoe tree plate, this method is included in finally upper of a shoe and/or outsole is fixed on before the shoe tree plate, as the integral part of footwear a rigid mount that comprises the device that overarches on a heel cup and the anatomy is fixed on the shoe tree plate and holds, thereby make described shoe tree plate from heel forward near the hardening of metatarsal front end, described rigid mount is used for making wearer's heel location and being stabilized in the product shoes, and relatively ground makes wearer's heel be supported on the toe that is higher than the wearer, makes that wearer's heel is supported on ground when wearing product shoes to become parallel relation.

The present invention's device is similar to the apparatus for correcting of pin traditionally.Yet unlike the apparatus for correcting of pin traditionally, the present invention's device comprises the structural detail of an integral body in footwear, and it more can stablize wearer's pin in footwear, and can not need a sole stage casing that separates, and therefore dual function is arranged.

Preferred embodiment according to the present invention is applied on the high-heeled shoes, this rigid mount comprises the heel seat (with respect to the plane, imagination sole stage casing of shoes) at a little downward inclination angle, and arch support device, it extends and has a primary importance support wearer's nut bone front end forward from heel seat, also comprise a shoe tree (insole) plate in the footwear, its primary importance from arch support is extended forward and downward, and a toe supporting zone extends upward forward with an angle from shoe tree (insole) plate, therefore, wearer's first metatarsal bone by the phalanx support with prevent pin with respect to shoes to front slide, therefore, can prevent finger toe portion extruding in footwear, feasible wearer's body weight with respect to the standard high-heeled shoes will be increased about 16% or more by the weight that heel seat bears.

Description of drawings

Other purposes of the present invention and advantage will be clearer by following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, identical parts same numeral among the figure, in the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the cross-sectional view of traditional high-heeled shoes signal of prior art manufacturing.

Fig. 2 is the cross-sectional view of the high-heeled shoes signal of manufacturing of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram, the comparison with respect to the relevant angle on ground that shows the footwear of manufacturing of the present invention as shown in Figure 2 and have similar traditional high-heeled shoes as shown in Figure 1 with height.

Fig. 4 to Fig. 7 shows the high-heeled shoes according to the present invention's manufacturing, and the high-heeled shoes that the present invention is applied to various height heels is shown similar in appearance to Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a side view, and it has part to be cross-sectional view, and the footwear that one of the present invention embodiment makes are shown.

Fig. 9 is the decomposition view of Fig. 8.

Figure 10 is the perspective view of footwear among Fig. 8, and it has part to be cross-sectional view.

Figure 11 is the perspective view of one of footwear element among Fig. 8.

Figure 12 shows another embodiment of the present invention similar in appearance to Fig. 8.

Figure 13 is the cross-sectional view of Figure 12.

Figure 14 is a side view, shows how the present invention places and support left foot.

The specific embodiment

With reference to Fig. 2, it is for the present invention's preferred embodiment.As the situation of the footwear of Fig. 1, the footwear that show among Fig. 2 have about 50.8mm with high.Yet unlike the conventional footwear of Fig. 1 demonstration, the footwear in Fig. 2, heel seat 20 are (arrow C L direction) rotation along clockwise direction, becomes a heel seat inclination angle " H " with sole with respect to ground 18, complies with routine formula down:

H＝5°+(α×1.25°)

Wherein behind α=the surpass 25.4mm with 12.7mm the height heels of the section of being.

It is the pin arch area below that end margin extends to the wearer forward before the heel seat 20 that one arch support 22 has part at least.The profile of arch support 22 has a high point 23, and it forms a barrier and prevents the calcaneum of wearer in footwear to front slide, and arch support 22 is bent downwards to sole 24 from height point 23 and combined toe zone 26 in footwear.

Sole 24 is to tilt with a metatarsal angle " M ", according to following formula with respect to ground inclination:

M＝18°+(α×3.5°)

For preventing that putting 23 at height too highly causes the discomfort to the wearer, keeping above-mentioned " M " and " H " is critical with respect to the relation of height heels to the present invention.Therefore, increase the relation that changes M/H, will cause the wearer to impose on the change of the body weight size of heel seat with height heels α.

The toe zone is to be inclined upwardly forward with a toe angle " T " in the footwear, with respect to the about 2-3 in ground ° ± 1 °.

Downward-sloping heel seat of the present invention, the profile of the arch support 22 of the extension of a heel seat of formation, being inclined upwardly of toe zone combines in the inclination in sole stage casing and the footwear, makes the body weight of the higher percentage of wearer be carried or support by the heel seat than the high-heeled shoes of a tradition.High-heeled shoes constructed in accordance respectively and traditional high-heeled shoes of an equal height are relatively, in footwear, carry out pressure measxurement under the spherical bone of wearer's heel seat and pin, show that high-heeled shoes constructed in accordance provide the body weight that increases about 16-18% to be carried on wearer's heel portion, and therefore the weight of wearer's spherical bone carrying of pin when walking descend, the footwear of the present invention's design, the body weight of wearer's major part is born by the heel seat, rather than be transferred to the spherical bone of pin in sole and the footwear, thereby can avoid the toe extruding and guarantee comfortable.

According to Fig. 3, dotted line shows the high-heeled shoes according to the present invention's making, heel seat inclination angle H, and the inclination angle of first metatarsal bone or metatarsal angle M, and at inclination angle or the toe angle T of the big pin thumb in toe zone with respect to ground 18.α representative is with high, and solid line represent the high-heeled shoes (for example Fig. 1 is shown) of prior art one of corresponding group angle and inclination in Fig. 3, to the present invention similar comparison of following high data is arranged.The footwear of prior art, its heel seat inclination is for upwards square at the angle of about 8 degree X after footwear, and first metatarsal bone is downward and the Y at an angle that turns forward, about 27 degree, big toe is for making progress and the Z at an angle that turns forward about 11/2 degree.These angles are with respect to ground 18, and the footwear of similar relatively size.

The simple and clear explanation of mechanics to pin may promote to understand helpful to the function of footwear of the present invention.Pin can two modes of separating machinery work, so that body support.The main effect of pin as a beam with bending strain mode body support.(power that arch flattens) is that this supported mechanical has effectiveness when relatively hanging down on the arch when external force acts on.This occurs in the body wt center and drops in the paces afterwards of ankle joint.When the body wt center by before the ankle joint, as occur in one normally forward in the paces, the power of appearance begins to cause arch to flatten.Consider this point, pin begins to change over the frame support of spreading out substantially from the supported mechanical state then can be supported via compression strain.Because it is extremely strong that the pin bone has been considered to aspect compressive strength, compression strain is big more, and the arch support degree is good more.For making pin can in supported mechanical, reach this change, the toe support that metatarsal must be bent, this buttressing effect prevents that metatarsal from can become compression from bending and support to advancing slip and feasible.

Heel seat combines with effect, shape and the inclination of arch support advantage of the present invention is provided in the design of footwear of the present invention.By preventing metatarsal to front slide for particular platform surface of pin creation begins a buttressing effect in more effective mode, the result is squeezed to most advanced and sophisticated problem with regard to the toe of eliminating thereafter in footwear.

As increasing angle of bend, the back of the body song of toe in footwear reaches in one of two ways.The shoes front end can upwards be improved causes a kind of " gods and spirits " (genie) formula footwear.Though this will have effect, can not become popular especially form.A more effective mechanism allows metatarsal itself to increase near the angle of sole.This has the effect of the bending that increases toe and need not make a kind of " gods and spirits " formula footwear.Metatarsal can reach by the change of shoes rear structure with respect to the angle increase on ground, particularly changes the angle of heel seat 20, and extending under wearer's nut bone by arch support of before having discussed reaches.Because the joint of pin is at each diverse location, heel bone (heel bone) will be by the gradient compensation of metatarsal near the spherical bone of pin with the angle on ground.This angular relationship is inversely proportional to, the parallel more ground of heel bone (as long as suitable height heels is arranged), and therefore metatarsal by providing a heel seat that the low gradient is arranged to increase the decline angle of metatarsal, can meet the requirements of supporting role more near a upright height.

In the present invention, it is relevant with sole and irrespectively downward-sloping with height that the heel seat is held, and wearer's nut bone is supported by the arch area of extending forward from the heel seat.In the footwear design of prior art, following of footwear is high more, and heel seat angle is more near the sole angle.This dependency relation causes the platform of a pin towards floor tilt in prior art shoes design skill.The angle of this increase make successively pin to advancing slip and in footwear toe portion be extruded.Its heel seat of the footwear of the present invention's manufacturing is downward-sloping with respect to the sole stage casing, and do not consider how follow height, and provide an arch area under wearer's boat-shaped bone, support this boat-shaped bone, thereby cause a plane to make wearer's body weight of bigger percentage be carried by heel seat.Metatarsal angle (with respect to the sole of shoes) increases with following height with being directly proportional, for example, heel Gao Yuegao, the metatarsal angle is big more with respect to the floor.Surpassing in the footwear of 50.8mm with high, its advantage is not to increase metatarsal to tilt, but owing to keep the heel seat to be aligned to the more approaching ground that is parallel to, causes the result of its biomethanics change in metatarsal tilts.

When inclination angle such as above-mentioned, toe zone, emphasize this effect, so that increase the angular flexibility of toe.Because this special design, loading on distribution between pin and the footwear is effectively, thereby the wearer is when standing, because of most of body weight of wearer is born by the heel seat, rather than transferred to by the inclined-plane of the shoes of prior art on the spherical bone of pin, and generation problem as previously mentioned.Therefore, adopt design of the present invention, can prevent the toe extruding and guarantee comfortable.

Though above-mentioned explanation is corresponding to No. 7, Unite States Standard women's shoes, it has 50.8mm to follow height, and the present invention is the Unite States Standard women's shoes that special design is suitable for all common scopes, and the scope that is specially adapted to No. 5 to No. 10; The women's shoes that is fit to has various differences with high and be particularly suitable for high scope from 25.4 to 76.2mm.Different shoes size is arranged and with high, metatarsal tilts difference, if 1 inch with high within about 18-22 degree scope, and 76.2mm with high within about 33-36 degree scope.Fig. 2 and Fig. 4-7 and following table 1 are pointed out high-heeled shoes constructed in accordance, and 38.1mm (Fig. 5), 50.8mm (Fig. 2), 63.5mm (Fig. 6), and 76.2mm (Fig. 7) are arranged with high 25.4mm (Fig. 4).

Table 1

With high (α)	Heel seat inclination (H)	Metatarsal angle (M)	Toe angle (T)
With high (α)	Heel seat inclination (H)	Metatarsal angle (M)	Toe angle (T)	1″	5-6°	18-22°	1-2°
11/2″	6-7°	20-23°	2-3°	1″	5-6°	18-22°	1-2°
11/2″	6-7°	20-23°	2-3°	2″	7-8°	24-28°	2-3°
11/2″	8-9°	30-33°	2-3°	2″	7-8°	24-28°	2-3°
11/2″	8-9°	30-33°	2-3°	3″	9-10°	33-36°	3-4°

In Fig. 8-11, show the main element of the footwear of making according to other and preferred embodiment of the present invention.Comprise a shoe tree (insole) plate 110 in the footwear, it is a flexible material at dimensionally stable, for example leather, fiberboard, non-fleece material etc.Under shoe tree plate 110 outsole 112 and a heel 114, be a rigid mount 116 on shoe-shaped plate 110, this rigid mount 116 comprise a heel cup 118 and an anatomic shape be arch device 120 its extend to the dead astern of metatarsal front end area 122 forward from heel cup 118.Device 116 for molded and in accordance with regulations size make to be fit to the bottom surface of pin, it makes wearer's heel place and be stable at shoes, downward-sloping from heel cup 118, about 5-10 °, it is decided by therefore to make pin can take position correct on the anatomy in footwear with high, and the wearer be maintained at one with ground near parallel relation, thereby the phalanx of supporting the wearer prevent the wearer pin with respect to shoes to front slide, promptly as above describe in detail.Device 116 is bonding and/or is mechanically riveted or be fixed to shoe tree (insole) plate 110.

Device 116 can be by light weight, and the rigid material compatible with footwear construction forms.Therefore device for molding 116 should be formed by ABS plastic (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer plastics), yet device 116 can be by other rigidity plastics moulding material or synthetic material, for example fiber reinforced plastic, or metal, and for example foamed aluminium forms.Device 116 has location and fixing wearer's the dual function of pin in the footwear, and it supports the position that pin is correct anatomically and torsion balance is provided, and also make shoes from heel forward to the dead astern hardening of metatarsal front end area, and support user's body weight.Therefore, can not need separately to strengthen the sole skeleton, yet if desired, shoes also can add one and strengthen sole.In addition, in footwear an intact part because install 116, its tram in footwear, thereby the position of wearer's pin can guarantee in the footwear.

Footwear also are equipped with an insole or shoe-pad 124, and it is placed on the device for molding 116, also have the group of going up of shoes to be denoted as 126.The sticking in a known manner and/or mechanical stickfast method of heel 114 is attached to outsole 112, and goes up bottom and outsole 112 that group 126 is fixed to shoe tree (insole) plate 110, with seam, sticking, staple, rivet or with the combination of multiple known shoe-making process.

The present invention can for example retrofit, but outsole 112 is a unit with heel 114 monolithic moldings, as shown in Figure 9.In addition, as shown in figure 12, device 116 can be advantageously used in low with footwear 130 or boots.Use, device 116 will be from heel cup 118 by downward-sloping a little low with height to be fit to for this reason, and be maintained at ground near parallel relation.In addition, the user that device 116 also can be adjusted to difference uses, and for example golf shoes so that the angle of torsional stability requirement is provided, and keeps pin in place as anatomy, keeps the footwear construction globality simultaneously.For example ought be applied to golf shoes, zone 132 centre arch among pin is vertically variable tiny, and with the arch area that allows to rise when moving or reduce pin waving, and middle section will keep rigid structure to prevent to destroy major axis.Device 116 also can be advantageously used in the movable footwear of walking of men and women and child and running shoe, tennis shoes, travelling boots, cross-training footwear, sandals and other need torsion balances.

Though the present invention with reference to preferred embodiment explanation as above can make various variations and not deviate from spirit of the present invention and scope it.For example, as Figure 11, an excision zone 140 can be removed from installing 116, and it is below the tip 1/3 of about first metatarsal bone front end.Therefore, scope of the present invention only is limited in the scope of appending claims.

Claims

1. A high-heeled shoe comprising:

a heel having a fixed heel height (α) of at least 25.4 mm;

a heel seat (20), located on the upper end of the heel;

an arched support (22) extending forward from the heel seat and having a first portion that supports the forward end of the wearer's navicular bone approximately in the same plane as the wearer's heel bone relative to the ground;

a midsole (24) extending forward and downward from the first portion of the arch support (22); and

a toe support region (26) extending obliquely upwardly and forwardly from the midsole (24), thereby supporting the wearer's phalanx and preventing the wearer's foot from sliding forward relative to the shoe, wherein the heel seat is positioned relative to the midsole With an angle "H" as the clockwise rotation position, the inclination angle "H" of the heel seat relative to the ground (18) is obtained by the following formula:

H＝5°+(α×1.25°)

Where α = the heel height of 12.7mm after exceeding 25.4mm, the middle section of the sole is tilted and upright on the ground at a metatarsal angle "M", and M is obtained according to the following formula:

M＝18°+(α×3.25°)

Wherein α = the height of the heel after exceeding 25.4mm with 12.7mm as the segment.

2. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the above-mentioned heel seat (20) is inclined at an angle of 3°±1° relative to the ground.

3. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, wherein said sole (24) is inclined at an angle of 3°±3° relative to the ground.

4. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the toe region (26) of the above-mentioned shoe is inclined relative to the ground (18) at a toe angle (T) of 2-3°±1°.

5. The high-heeled shoe as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the above-mentioned heel height (α) is 25.4mm, the inclination angle of the heel seat (H) is 5-6°, and the metatarsal angle (M) is 18-22° , and a toe angle (T) of 1-2°.

6. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the above-mentioned heel height (α) is 38.1mm, the inclination angle of the heel seat (H) is 6-7°, and the metatarsal angle (M) is 20-23° , and a toe angle (T) of 2-3°.

7. The high-heeled shoe as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the above-mentioned heel height (α) is 50.8mm, the inclination angle of the heel seat (H) is 7-8°, and the metatarsal angle (M) is 24-28° , and a toe angle (T) of 2-3°.

8. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the above-mentioned heel height (α) is 63.5mm, the inclination angle of the heel seat (H) is 8-9°, and the metatarsal angle (M) is 30-33° , and a toe angle (T) of 2-3°.

9. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that the above-mentioned heel height (α) is 76.2mm, the inclination angle of the heel seat (H) is 9-10°, and the metatarsal angle (M) is 33-36° , and a toe angle (T) of 3-4°.

10. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 1, characterized in that said high-heeled shoe comprises an elastic shoe shape or inner sole plate (110), above the outer sole (112) and heel (114), and a rigid means (116 ), the rigid device (116) includes a heel cup (118) and an arched device (120) having an anatomical shape that extends forward from the heel cup to the metatarsal front region Immediately behind, the rigidizer (116) is permanently fixed to the last board (110) as an integral part of the shoe and serves to position and stabilize the wearer's heel in the shoe and to support the wearer's heel against the ground Above the wearer's toes, so that the wearer's heel is supported in a planar relationship with the ground, and allows the wearer's foot to maintain an anatomically correct position in the shoe and provide torsional stability, the device also improves Structural integrity of the shoe.

11. The high-heeled shoe of claim 10, wherein said rigid means comprises acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer plastic.

12. The high-heeled shoes according to claim 10, characterized in that the user's heel maintains a 5-10° relationship with the ground.

13. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 10, characterized in that said rigid means (116) is an integral molded structure.

14. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 10, characterized in that said rigid means (116) is a monolithic machined structure.

15. High-heeled shoe according to claim 10, characterized in that said rigid means (116) is glued to said last board.

16. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 10, characterized in that said rigid means (116) are mechanically fixed to said last board.

17. The high-heeled shoe according to claim 10, characterized in that a cut-out area (114) is provided on said rigid means approximately below the distal 1/3 of the front end of the first metatarsal bone.

18. A method of manufacturing a high-heeled shoe as claimed in claim 10, wherein the upper and the outer sole are fixed to a last board, the method comprising, before finally fixing the upper and/or the outer sole to the last board, as a whole of the shoe partially securing a rigid device comprising a heel cup and an anatomically arched device to the upper end of the last board, thereby stiffening said last board from the heel forward to the proximal end of the metatarsal bone, said Rigid means for positioning and stabilizing the wearer's heel in the finished shoe and supporting the wearer's heel higher than the wearer's toes relative to the ground so that the wearer's heel is supported at a distance from the ground when the finished shoe is worn parallel relationship.