Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Variable ankle supporting shoe assembly
-
Application No.: US15719115Application Date: 2017-09-28
-
Publication No.: US10368610B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Neil Saley
- Applicant: Neil Saley
- Main IPC: A43B7/20
- IPC: A43B7/20 ; A43B3/00 ; A43B23/07 ; A43B5/00 ; A43B1/00 ; A43B23/02

Abstract:
A variable ankle supporting shoe assembly includes a shoe including a perimeter wall having a lining comprising a foamed material. A magnetorheological fluid impregnates the foamed material and is alternated between a first state wherein the foamed material is bendable and a second state wherein the magnetorheological fluid forms a rigid structure within the foamed material such that the foamed material is not bendable. The lining forms a rigid and supportive shell when the magnetorheological fluid is in the second state. An actuating system alters the magnetorheological fluid from the first state to the second state when a condition has been met. The condition is met when the actuating system detects a combination of a threshold angle and a threshold pressure has been surpassed by the sole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190090580A1 VARIABLE ANKLE SUPPORTING SHOE ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
Information query