JP2018130373A - Training shoes - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide training shoes capable of strengthening the lateral balance of the wearer and suitable for normal walking at times other than training. An upper that covers the instep of a wearer and a sole that is connected to the upper and supports the sole of the wearer's foot. A training shoe characterized by comprising: The recess may have a hemispherical shape. Also, the radius of curvature of the recess may be substantially the same as or larger than the radius of the sphere. [Selection drawing] Fig. 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a training shoe for strengthening body balance.

  There is a training shoe that has a heel excision part in which the rear lower part from the rear part to the rear end is excised from the center of the full length on the sole, and the shoe center of gravity is set in front of the heel excision part and slightly forward of the full length center. (For example, Patent Document 1). According to such training shoes, it is possible to perform training such as strength training and balance training of the triceps surae muscles simply by walking, running, or performing a normal sports competition.

JP-A-7-136001

  However, although the training shoes described above can strengthen the wearer's balance in the front-rear direction, it is not suitable for training the balance in the left-right direction. Also, it is not suitable for normal walking in scenes other than training.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a training shoe that can reinforce the wearer's lateral balance and is suitable for normal walking at times other than training.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention includes an upper that covers the instep of the wearer, and a sole that is connected to the upper and supports the sole of the wearer, and the sole includes a grounding surface. Provided is a training shoe characterized in that it has a recess on its side for receiving a sphere.

  In the training shoe of the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the recess has a hemispherical shape.

  In the training shoe of the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that the curvature radius of the recess is substantially the same as or larger than the radius of the sphere.

  Moreover, in the training shoe of the present invention having the above-described configuration, it is preferable that a plurality of the depressions are arranged along a line segment connecting the toe portion and the heel portion of the sole.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while being able to strengthen a wearer's left-right balance, the training shoes suitable for normal walk can be provided at the time other than training.

It is sectional drawing which shows roughly the training shoes which concern on this embodiment. It is a bottom view of the training shoes of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the state which removed the ball | bowl from the training shoes of FIG. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the training shoe of FIG. 3.

Hereinafter, training shoes according to representative embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these drawings.
Since the drawings are for conceptual description of the present invention, dimensions, ratios or numbers may be exaggerated or simplified as necessary for easy understanding. Here, for convenience of explanation, only one leg is illustrated in the figure.

  The training shoes 1 are footwear used for training for training the sense of balance of the wearer's body and the trunk, and include an upper 2 and a sole 3. The training shoe 1 may have an insole (insole) (not shown).

The upper 2 is a member that covers the back of the wearer's foot 6 and is made of a material such as fiber (fabric) or leather, for example.
The upper 2 is in close contact with the instep and the heel of the foot 6 so that the foot 6 cannot be removed from the training shoe 1. The upper 2 may include a stretchable material such as rubber or the like, or may have a fastener such as a shoelace so as to improve the adhesion to the foot 6.

The sole 3 is a member that supports the back of the foot 6 and is connected to the lower edge of the upper 2.
The sole 3 is formed of resin, for example. The sole 3 may be made of one type of resin or may be made by laminating a plurality of types of resins.

  The sole 3 has a recess 4 for receiving a sphere such as a ball 5 on the ground surface side. However, the dent 4 holds (fixes) the ball 5 so as to be fitted in the detachable manner to the sole 3. Moreover, you may receive the ball 5 in the aspect which can be attached or detached to the sole 3, and can be slid. Here, as the ball 5, for example, a golf ball, a tennis ball, or a baseball, a ball that does not break when the wearer rides from above is preferable.

  The recess 4 may have any shape as long as it can receive the ball 5, and has a hemispherical shape or a cylindrical shape, for example. However, the recess 4 is formed so as not to penetrate the sole 3 in order to prevent the ball 5 from directly contacting the foot 6. On the other hand, it is desirable that the recess 4 is deep enough to prevent the ball 5 from being removed unexpectedly during training. This is because the wearer may be injured such as sprains if the ball 5 is easily removed from the depression 4 during training.

  In the present embodiment, the recess 4 is a plurality of concave portions 41 to 43 arranged along a line L connecting the toe portion and the heel portion of the sole 3. Here, the concave portions 41 to 43 are formed at positions corresponding to the base of the finger 6, the arch, and the heel of the foot 6. You can keep your balance and train your trunk. Of course, the number and position of the recesses are not limited to this. When receiving the ball 5 in the recess 4 so that it can be attached to and detached from the sole 3 and can be slid, an annular member may be provided at the entrance edge of the recesses 41 to 43.

  Each of the recesses 41 to 43 has a radius of curvature R (see FIG. 3) that is substantially the same as or slightly larger than the radius r (see FIG. 1) of the balls 51 to 53, for example. Thereby, the ball 5 can be appropriately held or rocked in the depression 4 according to the wearer's movement, and the balance sense is trained so that the wearer rides on the ball 5 in any aspect. .

A method of using the training shoe 1 having such a configuration will be described.
When the wearer starts training, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the wearer receives the balls 5 (51 to 53) placed on the ground 7 in the depressions 4 (recesses 41 to 43) of the sole 3. Put the worn training shoes 1 on the ball 5. In this state, when the wearer comes into contact with the ground 7 via the ball 5, the ball 5 is held in the recess 4 or swings. It becomes difficult to balance against. At this time, the wearer's sense of balance and trunk are trained by trying to maintain the balance of the wearer.

  Specifically, in a state where the three balls 51 to 53 are received by the recesses 41 to 43 of the sole 3, the wearer tries to balance the inner and outer sides of the foot 6 with the entire sole, so the entire sole A sense of balance is trained.

  Further, in a state where the two balls 51 and 52 are received by the concave portions 41 and 42 of the sole 3, the wearer tries to balance the inner and outer sides of the foot 6 on the front side of the sole (that is, the state where the heel is lifted). Therefore, the sense of balance on the front side of the foot 6 is trained.

  In a state where one ball 52 is received by the concave portion 42 of the sole 3, the wearer tries to balance the inside and outside of the foot 6 near the center of the sole (arch). In this case, it is necessary to balance the wearer's front-rear direction. Therefore, the wearer's sense of balance before and after and on the left and right is comprehensively trained.

  Thus, separate training can be performed according to the number of balls 5 to be used and the position of the recess 4 to which the balls 5 are applied.

  In order to walk on the ground 7, the wearer may stand on the ground 7 with the ball 5 removed from the training shoes 1 as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. As described above, since the ball 5 is not attached to the recess 4 of the sole 3, it is easy to remove the ball 5 from the training shoe 1. Therefore, it is possible to immediately switch between a normal walking scene and a training scene without changing the training shoes 1.

  Thus, the training shoe 1 according to the present embodiment can reinforce the wearer's left-right balance, and is also suitable for normal walking in scenes other than training.

  Also, the training can be started simply by placing the training shoes 1 on the ball 5. After the training is completed, the ball 5 is removed from the training shoe 1 so that it can be used as footwear.

  As mentioned above, although typical embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these, A various design change is possible and they are also contained in this invention.

1 ... Training shoes,
2 ... Upper,
3 ... Sole,
4 ... depression,
5 ... ball,
6 ... foot.

Claims (3)

An upper covering the instep of the wearer;
A sole connected to the upper and supporting the sole of the wearer,
The sole has a recess for receiving a sphere on the grounding surface side;
Training shoes characterized by. The radius of curvature of the recess is greater than the radius of the sphere,
The training shoe according to claim 1, wherein: A plurality of the depressions are arranged along a line segment connecting the toe portion and the heel portion of the sole;
The training shoe according to claim 1, wherein: