Shoe accessory with activating function

Abstract

A shoe accessory of a shoe adaptive for activating a bottom of a foot wearing the shoe is provided. The bottom of the foot has a forefoot, a heel, and an arch between the forefoot and the heel. The shoe accessory includes a main body and a plurality of stimulating elements mounted to the main body. Each of the stimulating elements is movable universally on the main body and is adapted to exert a pressing force on a non-fixed point of the bottom of the foot to stimulate the arch.

1 . A shoe accessory of a shoe adaptive for activating a bottom of a foot wearing the shoe, the bottom of the foot having a forefoot, a heel, and an arch between the forefoot and the heel, said shoe accessory comprising:
 a main body; and   a plurality of stimulating elements mounted to said main body, each of said stimulating elements being movable universally on said main body and adapted to exert a pressing force on a non-fixed point of the bottom of the foot to stimulate the arch.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said stimulating elements includes a bag wall defining a chamber therein that is deformable to change a contact point between the bottom of the foot and a corresponding one of said stimulating elements. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said stimulating elements is shaped as one of a sphere, a triangle, and a polygon. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a flexible unit that includes a soft layer interconnecting said main body and said stimulating elements and being flexible and deformable, each of said stimulating elements including a connecting portion connected to said soft layer and a stimulating portion adapted to contact the bottom of the foot so as to stimulate the bottom of the foot. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a flexible unit that includes at least one flexible element connecting said stimulating elements to said main body. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein said flexible element is one of a string element and a resilient element. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein said flexible unit includes a plurality of said flexible elements, each of said flexible elements being connected respectively to said stimulating elements and being connected to said main body, and being a compression spring. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein said flexible unit further includes a flexible plate supporting said stimulating elements thereon and disposed directly above and connected to said flexible element. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said main body defines an accommodation space adapted to open toward the arc portion of the bottom of the foot and accommodating said stimulating elements therein. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe accessory as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said main body is one of an insole, a midsole, and an outsole.