Inner sole for sandals

Claim 2

A sandal provided with a ball section and a heel, which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, the upper surface of said frame means forming a continuation of the respective adjacent upper surface of said inner sole.

Claim 3

A sandal according to claim 1, which includes reinforcing means associated with and reinforcing said joint section.

Claim 4

A sandal according to claim 1, in which the height of said frame means at least approximately equals the thickness of the respective adjacent inner sole zones.

Claim 5

A sandal provided with a ball section and a heel, which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, the frame means having end portions near said ball section which become gradually thinner in a direction away from said heel.

Claim 6

A sandal provided with a ball section and a heel, which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, the frame means having end portions near said ball section which become gradually thinner in a direction away from said heel.

Claim 7

A sandal which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, reinforcing means associated with and reinforcing said joint section, the reinforcing means including bridge means arranged adjacent to and below said joint section and connected to the two frame portions located near and in front of said heel.

Claim 8

A sandal which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, reinforcing means associated with and reinforcing said joint section, the reinforcing means including bridge means arranged adjacent to and below said joint section and connected to the two frame portions located near and in front of said heel.

Claim 9

A sandal according to claim 5, in which said frame means and said heel and said bridge means are made of a single integral piece.

Claim 10

A sandal according to claim 5, which includes reinforcing means associated with said bridge means.

Claim 11

A sandal provided with a ball section and a heel, which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, a gap existing between said frame means and said inner sole at the upper side thereof, and including foil of skin compatible material covering up said gap.

Claim 12

A sandal provided with a ball section and a heel, which includes: an inner sole made of bending and walking elastic material and having a joint section located between said heel and said ball section, and approximately U-shaped frame means connected to and covering that peripheral portion of the inner sole which extends from said ball section rearwardly to the region of said heel, said frame means being united to said heel, a gap existing between said frame means and said inner sole at the upper side thereof, and including foil of skin compatible material covering up said gap.

Claim 13

A sandal according to claim 8, in which said foil extends over the entire upper surface of said inner sole.