ANTISTATIC FOOTWEAR FOR STIMULATION OF FOOT REFLEXOGENIC ZONES Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: manufacture of special antistatic footwear ensuring natural stimulation of foot reflexogenic zones; applicable in everyday life. SUBSTANCE: footwear has upper, pad with heel and slip tap. Pad is made with use of current-conducting material in form of metal net. Socks are made of current-conducting cloth. Sole is three-layer with built-in current conducting system made of two parts - upper and lower. Each part has said metal net made of thin flexible metal wire net. Metal wire net includes contact current-conducting rods electrically connecting the points of crossing of lower net with outer surface of sole lower layer, and upper net, with internal upper surface of sole upper layer. In this case, upper and lower metal nets are interconnected with flexible conductor through changeable safety member installed in sole hollow. Slip tap is made of three layers. Upper and lower layers are made of cloth with current-conducting thread. Middle layer is made of flexible material. All three layers are sewn together with help of current-conducting thread. EFFECT: stimulated reflexogenic zones of human foot as in barefoot walking, provided natural inherent to human nature demand of contact with Earth electrical potential, high service properties and appearance corresponding to traditional footwear. 2 cl, 6 dwg