Sole element with defined bending stiffnesses

Abstract

The invention relates to a sole element that is introducible into a shoe, comprising a flexible top layer for receiving a foot in a footbed, an insole body having locally different bending properties, which insole body extends parallel to a top layer surface and which insole body is joined to the top layer surface, the insole body is in the form of a one-piece body extending over a first subregion and over a second subregion, which first subregion of the insole body having a high bending stiffness is arranged in a plane adjacent to the second subregion of the insole body having a low bending stiffness, wherein the second subregion is arranged in a manner at least partially enclosing the first subregion, wherein the first subregion is arranged in the region of the midfoot and/or in the heel region.

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         9 . A sole element that can be introduced into a shoe a flexible cover layer for receiving a foot in a foot bed, an insert body having partially different bending properties, which insert body extends parallel to a cover layer surface and which insert body is connected to the cover layer surface, the insert body is designed as a one-piece body extending over a first portion and over a second portion, which first partial areas of the insert body having a high flexural strength is arranged in a plane adjacent to the second partial area of the insert body with a low flexural strength,
 wherein the second sub-area is arranged at least partially enclosing the first sub-area, characterized in that the first sub-area is arranged in the area of the midfoot and/or in the heel area.   
     
     
         10 . A sole element, insertable into a shoe, comprising:
 a flexible cover layer for receiving a foot in a footbed; and   an insole body having different bending stiffnesses in each partial area, which insole body extends parallel to a cover layer surface and which insole body is connected to the cover layer surface;   wherein the insole body is formed as an integral body extending over a first partial area and over a second partial area, the first partial area of the insole body having a high bending stiffness and the second partial area of the insole body having a low bending stiffness, the first partial area being arranged in an area adjacent to the second partial area; and   wherein the second partial area is arranged at least partly enclosing the first partial area.   
     
     
         11 . The sole element of  claim 10 , wherein the insole body has an arcuate form in the first partial area, wherein the insole body has an arcuate form with a bending stiffness increasing from an arc end to a vertex in the first partial area. 
     
     
         12 . The sole element of  claim 10 , wherein:
 the insole body has an arcuate form with an insole body thickness varying over the arc length in the first partial area; and   the insole body has an arcuate form with an insole body thickness increasing from an arc end to a vertex in the first partial area.   
     
     
         13 . The sole element of  claim 10 , wherein the first partial area of the insole body has a V-shaped structure in a level parallel to a cover layer surface. 
     
     
         14 . The sole element of  claim 10 , wherein the insole body is made of a thermoplastic. 
     
     
         15 . The sole element of  claim 10 , wherein the sole element comprises an adjusting element in the first partial area, which adjusting element is arrangeable at an insole body surface of the insole body. 
     
     
         16 . The sole element of  claim 11 , wherein the first partial area has a concave arcuate form and the adjusting element is arranged within the concavely shaped first partial area. 
     
     
         17 . The sole element of  claim 16 , wherein the adjusting element is arranged at the vertex of the concavely formed first partial area.