ANTISTATIC SHOES Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A43B7/36 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: antistatic men's, ladies' and kids' shoes comprises upper, external sole and inner sole - hygienic insole (2) intended for application onto external sole at the inner side of shoes and located between external sole and foot. Sole also comprises electroconductive elements passing through external sole and insole and providing for electric contact of foot with ground. Facilities for provision of electric contact of foot and ground include at least one electroconductive element (for instance, in the form of seams (7)) arranged in a certain zone of external sole corresponding to certain zone of foot, and/or two electroconductive elements (inserts) arranged in two various certain zones of external sole. Insole contains two hygienic wings (10), which are located in longitudinal direction from heel to toe. This antistatic shoes contain sole according to all clauses of formula, including shoe design and insert sole also made for such shoes.

EFFECT: technical result achieved when using shoes, sole and insert insole according to inventions, consists in the fact that electric discharge to human body as a result of quite high voltage, which may generate current, is eliminated, and also antistatic threads or conductors are distributed so that human weight action in process of walking does not affect those zones exposed to high pressure in process of walking; manufacturing of such shoes shall be simple and inexpensive.

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