Insole and shoe equipped with same

Abstract

An insole capable of transmitting a force of tiptoes to a shoe sole and also capable of enhancing muscle strength of toes and a foot sole. An insole includes: an insole main body adapted to be accommodated in a bottom of a shoe; a thong attached to a toe-side front part of the insole main body; and an instep-side support provided at an end of the thong opposite to the insole main body and extending in a front-rear direction from a toe side to a heel side with respect to the thong, wherein a relationship SL≤KL is satisfied, where SL is a length of the instep-side support from a center of its part contacting the thong to a toe-side end part, and KL is a length from the center of its part contacting the thong to a heel-side end.

1 . An insole comprising:
 an insole main body adapted to be accommodated in a bottom of any of a shoe and a boot;   a thong having one end part and other end part, the one end part detachably attached to the insole main body; and   an instep-side support provided the other end part of the thong and extending in a front-rear direction, wherein:   the instep-side support has a heel-side end and a heel-side part extending from the thong to the heel-side end, and is configured such that the heel-side part is capable of abutting an inner surface of an upper of the shoe or the boot.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The insole according to  claim 1 , wherein the thong includes a low sleeve or a column-shaped member. 
     
     
         4 . The insole according to  claim 1 , wherein the insole main body has a toe-side front part formed with a plurality of through holes spaced in the front-rear direction;
 the one end part of the thong is attachable to any of the through holes; and   a position of the thong is adjustable by selectively attaching the one end part of the thong to one of the plurality of through holes.   
     
     
         5 - 9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . The insole according to  claim 1 , wherein the instep-side support has a toe-side end part configured to be abuttable with an inner surface of an upper part and/or the inner surface of the upper of a front part of the shoe. 
     
     
         11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . A shoe with the insole according to  claim 1  disposed in a bottom of the shoe. 
     
     
         14 . (canceled) 
     
     
         15 . An insole comprising:
 an insole main body adapted to be accommodated in a bottom of any of a shoe and a boot;   a thong having one end part and other end part; and   an instep-side support provided at the other end part of the thong and extending in a front-rear direction, wherein:   the insole main body is formed with a through slit;   the one end part of the thong is configured to be fixed to the insole main body after inserted into the through slit and positionally adjusted;   the instep-side support has a heel-side end and a heel-side part extending from the thong to the heel-side end, and is configured such that the heel-side part is capable of abutting an inner surface of an upper of the shoe or the boot.   
     
     
         16 . A shoe with the insole according to  claim 15  disposed in a bottom of the shoe. 
     
     
         17 . The shoe according to  claim 13 , wherein the shoe is a boot. 
     
     
         18 . The shoe according to  claim 16 , wherein the shoe is a boot.