RACE-WALKING FOOTSTEP PILLOW Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A43B17/06 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a race-walking footstep-pillow that contains a support element (designed as per an individual orthopaedic pattern), an equidistantly reflecting moulding of the foot heel part, manufactured based on a latex composition and perforated, along the whole surface, with longitudinal rows of through holes with the central row having the minimum diameter D₀, the side rows diameters serially increasing in proportion to individually variable pressure onto the foot heel part moulding; inserted into the holes are twisted springs of corresponding diameters that are tightened from the bottom with a plastic plate and from the top - with a durable material by way of its through sewing with thread so that to form longitudinal corrugations; the manufactured footstep cushion resonance frequency region coincides with the impact pulse spectrum of the athlete's movement along the track.

EFFECT: reduction of the athlete's fatigue during long distance walking.

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