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functional footwearfunctional footwear description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090094859, functional footwear. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
The present invention relates to a functional footwear, in more particular, to a functional footwear which comprises a sole having a toe-seating portion, whose height is higher than that of the remaining portion thereof other than the toe-seating portion, for allowing a user\'s toe to be seated thereon. As an interest in human health has been increased along with a gradual improvement in the social life and economical development, a simple exercise easily performed in a daily life has been settled. In particular, a safe walking has been generalized which is available for everyone regardless of age or sex and is enjoyable without any special equipment or cost. In such walking, forward walking as well as backward walking is popular. The backward walking has several advantages in that it stimulates muscles which are not normally used in the forward walking, and also has less impact than the forward walking when a user\'s feet come into contact with the ground. Further, when the user walks backwardly at the same velocity as that in forward walking, the backward walking has a greater calorie consumption than that in the forward walking. Nevertheless, since a person who walks backwardly has a danger of collision or stumbling against another walker, the backward walking is relatively not widely performed as compared to the forward walking. Since a footwear is indispensable for such walking exercise and absolutely influences an exercise effect, various kinds of footwear have been currently suggested in order to increase an exercise effect at the time of walking. Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a functional footwear which comprises an sole having a toe-seating portion formed at the front portion thereof for allowing a user\'s toe to be seated thereon so as to remove dangers occurring when backward walking, so that an effect of the backward walking can be obtained while forward walking. In order to accomplish the above objects, according to the present invention, there is provided a functional footwear comprising an upper, an insole, and an sole, wherein the sole comprises a toe-seating portion formed at the front portion thereof for placing a user\'s toe thereon, the height of the toe-seating portion being higher than that of the remaining portion thereof other than the toe-seating portion, and the inner end of the toe-seating portion being concavely curved so as to allow a user\'s toes to be comfortably seated thereon. Preferably, the toe-seating portion of the outsole has a height of 0.5 to 1 cm. Further objects and advantages of the invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: Continue reading about functional footwear... 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