Functional footwear

Abstract

The present invention relates to a functional footwear having a shock absorber of an operating member adapted to absorb the shock applied during the wearer's walking, such that as first and second arms and a second magnet are operated by the shock-absorbing operation, a vibration plate having a first magnet is automatically vibrated by the generation of the repulsive force with respect to the second magnet, which makes the wearer excited during walking, thereby providing pleasant walking to him or her. Especially, the magnetic field generated from the first magnet provided on the end portion of the vibration plate stimulates the acupuncture spots on the wearer's foot sole and accelerates his or her blood circulation, thereby greatly improving his or her health.

1 . A functional footwear having an upper portion and a sole portion, wherein the sole portion comprises:
 a first mounting chamber and a second mounting chamber formed in a heel portion and a middle portion thereof in such a manner as to communicate with each other by means of a connection passageway formed therebetween; and   vibration means provided in the first mounting chamber and the second mounting chamber and adapted to absorb the shock caused upon a wearer's walking, the vibration means having a vibration plate adapted to generate vibration and magnetic fields by a magnetic repulsive force with a driving source formed by the wearer's walking operation.   
     
     
         2 . The functional footwear as defined as  claim 1 , wherein the vibration means comprises:
 an operating member provided in the first mounting chamber of the sole portion and adapted to absorb the shock applied upon walking and to be operated with the driving source formed by the walking operation; and   the vibration plate fixed at one end thereof to the lateral wall of the second mounting chamber of the sole portion and extended at the other end thereof in such a manner as to have a first magnet embedded at a distal end of thereof.   
     
     
         3 . The functional footwear as defined as  claim 2 , wherein the operating member comprises:
 a shock absorber located in the first mounting chamber of the sole portion and adapted to absorb the shock applied during walking by the upward and downward movements of a moving body mounted on the upper portion thereof;   a first arm rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the moving body of the shock absorber by means of a hinge shaft and slantly extended downwardly at the other end thereof;   a second arm rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the other end of the first arm by means of a hinge shaft and supported at the other end thereof by means of the connection passageway of the sole portion in such a manner as to be extended near the vibration plate and placed below the vibration plate, the second arm being moved forwardly and backwardly by the vertical movement of the moving body; and   a second magnet embedded on the other end of the second arm and adapted to generate a repulsive force with respect to the first magnet of the vibration plate so as to vibrate the vibration plate upon the forward and backward movements of the second arm.   
     
     
         4 . The functional footwear as defined as  claim 1 , wherein the sole portion further comprises a third magnet provided on the top surface of the second mounting chamber and adapted to generate a repulsive force with respect to the first magnet embedded on the vibration plate so as to prevent the vibration plate from directly striking the sole portion upon the generation of the vibration of the vibration plate.