A smartphone or other mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized, wherein the smartphone device is configured to actively control the configuration of one or more bladders, compartments, chambers or internal sipes and one or more sensors located in either one or both of a sole or a removable inner sole insert of the footwear of the user and/or located in an apparatus worn or carried by the user, glued unto the user, or implanted in the user. The one or more bladders, compartments, chambers, or sipes, and one or more sensors are configured for computer control. A sole and/or a removable inner sole insert for footwear, including one or more bladders, compartments, chambers, internal sipes and sensors in the sole and/or in a removable insert; or on an insole; all being configured for control by a smartphone or other mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized.

This invention relates to a shoe insole comprising an inner sole having one or more of a support portion in the rearfoot exterior quadrant, a cushioning portion in the forefoot interior quadrant, a cushioning portion that extends from the forefoot interior quadrant to the forefoot exterior quadrant, and a cushioning portion in the rearfoot interior quadrant and the rearfoot exterior quadrant. Methods of making, using, and positioning the disclosed shoe insole and the components thereof are also described. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.

Disclosed herein are various methods and devices for modifying the comfort and performance characteristics of a shoe. In various embodiments, the devices are soles, insole or outsoles, of a shoe comprising one or more shocks. The shocks may be defined by shock cavities positioned within one or more surfaces of a sole. In some embodiments the shock cavity may be configured to receive one or more shock cavity inserts.

The presently disclosed subject matter is generally directed to a shoe insert sized and shaped to accommodate a user's foot and fit inside a standard shoe (e.g., a golf shoe). The insert is configured with a gradient with a first height on a lateral edge and a second (lesser) height on a medial edge. In this way, the insert does not lay flat on the inside of the user's shoe but provides a gradient that stabilizes the user's weight to the center of the foot. Advantageously, the inserts allow the golfer to automatically assume a proper stance and to properly shift the body weight during a swing. As a result, the insert keeps a golfer from swaying during a golf swing, thereby reducing the incidence of shanking the ball.

The present invention relates to a pad for strengthening the muscle of the sole of the foot, and an insole including same. The subject matter of the present invention is a pad for strengthening the muscle of the sole of the foot, and an insole including same, the pad comprising: an arch support part for supporting the arch portion; a forefoot support part formed at the front of the arch support part to support the forefoot portion; and a connecting passage part for connecting the arch support part and the forefoot support part, wherein weight moves to the forefoot portion through the outer side of the sole of the foot after a load is applied to the rearfoot portion during walking, and the metatarsal bones come into contact with the forefoot support part and are stimulated so that driving power is generated in the direction between the big toe and the second toe, and thus walking is corrected.

The present invention relates to a pad for strengthening the muscle of the sole of the foot, and an insole including same. The subject matter of the present invention is a pad for strengthening the muscle of the sole of the foot, and an insole including same, the pad comprising: an arch support part for supporting the arch portion; a forefoot support part formed at the front of the arch support part to support the forefoot portion; and a connecting passage part for connecting the arch support part and the forefoot support part, wherein weight moves to the forefoot portion through the outer side of the sole of the foot after a load is applied to the rearfoot portion during walking, and the metatarsal bones come into contact with the forefoot support part and are stimulated so that driving power is generated in the direction between the big toe and the second toe, and thus walking is corrected.

An article of footwear is disclosed that includes a cinching apparatus that is configured to move the upper between an open position and a closed position. The cinching apparatus includes a spring pad with a first, second, and third portion. The third portion is elastic and configured to deform elastically from a first position toward a second position. The third portion is configured to move the first portion relative to the second portion generally in the longitudinal direction as the third portion deforms between the first position and the second position. Also, the cinching apparatus is configured to move the upper from the open position toward the closed position as the third portion of the spring pad moves from the first position toward the second position.

An insole comprises an insole body of a suitable thickness and softness, which comprises a metatarsal area, an arch area, and a heel area, wherein the metatarsal area has a treading portion, which is concaved and corresponded to a ball of the foot for receiving the ball of foot, and an outer supporting portion, which is extended from the treading portion toward the transverse arch to form an inclined plane and having a thickness which is more than the thickness of the treading portion. Accordingly, the soles of user's feet are adjusted inward by the insole of the present invention which is designed for adjusting the foot posture, lowering the pressure on the normal or valgus feet to keep the guide path of the stress on feet in a relaxed posture. Furthermore, the insole of the present invention is freely put in or out from the shoes, being convenient use.

An insole/sole structure contains: a top pad, two massage column modules, a form pad, and a bottom pad. The top pad includes at least one accommodation groove. A respective one of the at least one massage column module includes a holding portion and multiple flexible massaging columns. The respective one massage column module is connected on the top pad by using the holding portion. The multiple flexible massaging columns are held on the holding portion to correspond to a profile of a respective one accommodation groove. A profile of the foam pad and a profile of the bottom pad correspond to a profile of the top pad, such that when the foam pad and the bottom pad are connected, the foam pad and the bottom pad are closed, and the respective one massage column module is limited between the top pad and the foam pad.

An insole/sole structure contains: a top pad, two massage column modules, a form pad, and a bottom pad. The top pad includes at least one accommodation groove. A respective one of the at least one massage column module includes a holding portion and multiple flexible massaging columns. The respective one massage column module is connected on the top pad by using the holding portion. The multiple flexible massaging columns are held on the holding portion to correspond to a profile of a respective one accommodation groove. A profile of the foam pad and a profile of the bottom pad correspond to a profile of the top pad, such that when the foam pad and the bottom pad are connected, the foam pad and the bottom pad are closed, and the respective one massage column module is limited between the top pad and the foam pad.