Elastic shoe

Title: Elastic shoe

Related Patent Categories: Boots, Shoes, And Leggings, Soles, Cushion

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070033830, Elastic shoe.

1. A elastic shoe, comprising: a shoe body having a heel portion; an elastic mechanism mounted on the heel portion of the shoe body to provide an elastic shock-absorbing effect to the shoe body; wherein the elastic mechanism includes a plurality of air cells, and a plurality of plastic sleeves each mounted around a periphery of a respective one of the air cells.

2. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the elastic mechanism includes four air cells and four plastic sleeves.

3. The elastic shoe in accordance with Claim 1, wherein the air cells are arranged symmetrically.

4. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the air cells are connected with each other.

5. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the air cells are connected with each other by a connecting pipe.

6. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the connecting pipe has a substantially X-shaped cross-sectional profile.

7. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the each of the plastic sleeves has a relatively higher elasticity.

8. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the plastic sleeves is a hollow body.

9. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the plastic sleeves has a substantially oblong cross-sectional profile.

10. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one of the air cells has a side provided with an inflating nozzle to fill air into the air cells so as to adjust the air pressure contained in the air cells.

11. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 7, wherein the plastic sleeves having a relatively higher elasticity are mounted around the air cells to produce a restoring force instantaneously when being subjected to a pressure, so that the elastic mechanism has an excellent resilience.

12. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the air cells and the plastic sleeves of the elastic mechanism are made by a plastic injection molding process.

13. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein the elastic mechanism includes five air cells and five plastic sleeves, wherein four air cells are arranged symmetrically and one air cell is located at a central portion of the four air cells.

14. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 13, wherein the air cells are connected with each other by a connecting pipe, and the one air cell is mounted on a central portion of the connecting pipe.

15. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the plastic sleeves has a substantially semi-circular cross-sectional profile.

16. The elastic shoe in accordance with claim 1, wherein each of the plastic sleeves has a substantially circular cross-sectional profile.

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