WO1994005176A1 - Dispositif indiquant la chiralite - Google Patents

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WO1994005176A1
WO1994005176A1 PCT/AU1993/000351 AU9300351W WO9405176A1 WO 1994005176 A1 WO1994005176 A1 WO 1994005176A1 AU 9300351 W AU9300351 W AU 9300351W WO 9405176 A1 WO9405176 A1 WO 9405176A1
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chiroindicator
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Cheryl Lynne Munro
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Cobia Products Pty Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/30—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use specially adapted for babies or small children
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/24—Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/0036—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design
    • A43B3/0078—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/0036—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design
    • A43B3/0094—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design with means to differentiate between right and left shoe

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  • CHIROINDICATOR APPARATUS This invention relates to chiroindicator apparatus.
  • This invention has particular but not exclusive application to chiroindicator apparatus adapted to provide, especially, children with means whereby the chirality or "handedness" of shoes or the like may be readily apparent, and for illustrative purposes reference will be made to such application.
  • this invention could be used in other applications, such as apparatus for indicating differences between complementary articles of clothing and the like for persons suffering from interpretational deficiencies.
  • Embodiments of the invention disclosed include the use of differentiating indicia such as the words “left” and "right", or arrows.
  • the object of the apparatus disclosed is to permit persons to locate and identify their shoes in the dark.
  • United States Patent No. 2650169 is similarly directed and claims a phosphorescent sheet materia per se as well as disclosing indicia for inclusion within an adult shoe for night time location and identification.
  • the foregoing references do not acknowledge the difficulties that the apparatus would provide for children o limited interpretation skills such as those under six years old and particularly those just beginning to put on their ow shoes such as children about two years of age.
  • United States Patent No. 3258858 in the name of Cariffe, Jr. discloses apparatus the object of which is to overcome the difficulties that children face in determining the correct shoe for each foot.
  • the disclosure proposes the use of a pair of indicia, one for each shoe, and adapted to be located within the shoe such that the arranged shoes result in an image being formed by the two indicia, in the mind of the child.
  • the indicia disclosed is a caricature human face in two parts, divided along a ventral axis such that the nose is divided about the partition line.
  • the apparatus disclosed has several disadvantages. Firstly, it has been determined by experiment that children will not generally line the shoes up prior to attempting to put the shoes on. Accordingly, the placement of the indicia within the shoe negates the educative effect since if an error is made with the first shoe, no reference is provided by the second shoe which indicates the error to the child. Secondly, it has been determined by experiment that the device of a face is generally too complex to provide the requisite identifiability of correctness, especially for very young children.
  • United Kingdom Patent Specification No. GB-2167592-A discloses similar apparatus to US 3258858, comprising a pair of indicia adapted to be located within the shoes. Accordingly the disadvantage of in shoe placement is similarly a feature of this disclosure. However, in this disclosure, the indicia are less relatable than the face indicia of US 3258858, comprising in this case unrelated dog head caricatures for each shoe.
  • the present invention aims to substantially alleviate the above disadvantages and to provide chiroindicator apparatus which will be reliable and efficient in use. Other objects and advantages of this invention will hereinafter become apparent.
  • this invention in one aspect resides broadly in a method of indicating the chirality or handedness of paired articles including the steps of:- providing indicia comprising complementary portions of an elongate form, and securing said complementary indicia for display on respective articles in positions where the elongate form is constituted about a partition zone between the articles, said indicia extending out from said partition zone.
  • the indicia are displayed such that the indicia are visible in normal use of the articles.
  • this invention resides broadly in chiroindicator apparatus including:- a pair of body members; indicia disposed on each body member and comprising complementary portions of an elongate form, and attachment means for securing one of said body members to each of handed articles to display said complementary portions in positions where the elongate form is constituted about a partition zone between the articles, said indicia extending out from said partition zone.
  • the elongate form is preferred to comprise an elongate image, it is envisaged that the elongate form may be otherwise such as an elongate form determined by tactile means.
  • the image selected may be such that its component indicia admit to a single sensible relative orientation.
  • the image is substantially symmetrical about the partition zone.
  • the image is such that it has but one axis of symmetry, that being substantially at the partition zone.
  • the indicia are tapered from the partition zone to the outer end of the indicia remote from the partition zone, to provide a clear indication of the orientation required to make the image.
  • the indicia may comprise two portions of an illustration or shaped body representing a known and recognizable object with a basic symmetry having preferably a single logical relative orientation.
  • the indicia may in combination represent an elongated shape, such as a banana illustration or a worm illustration or shape bifurcated and mounted on said body members.
  • the indicia may be printed, painted, adhered or otherwise affixed to the body members or may alternatively be formed integrally therewith.
  • the indicia are simple and not over-detailed artwork, to provide general ease of recognition by target users, and are preferably selected from indicia which, when separated by a gap in use, accommodates the user's perception and expectation of the length of the complete object and/or what should or might appear in the gap.
  • the indicia are displayed on the articles in a position whereby the indicia remain visible while the articles are in use such that the correct relative orientation may be confirmed by the user at all stages of use.
  • the body members may take any suitable form such as rigid or flexible sheet or shaped body members.
  • the body members may each comprise a piece of flexible plastics material, either cut to a shape corresponding to the particular indicia selected or not.
  • vinyl sheeting provides suitable properties of durability, printability and flexibility and may be advantageously selected from materials having a thickness of from about 0.2 mm to about 1.5 mm.
  • the vinyl sheet material may advantageously be bonded to a fabric layer such as coarsely- woven synthetic material, for the purpose of minimising the effects of flexing of the articles which may promote delamination, and to promote adhesion to uneven article surfaces such as over shoe seams.
  • the display surface may take any suitable form and will generally be selected according to the type and compatibility of the body members and the indicia.
  • the display surface may comprise a major surface of the body members preferably selected or treated to accept the selected indicia.
  • vinyl body members may be formed having a suitable surface.
  • the attachment means may be selected according to the application and will generally be selected to be compatible with the body members and the substrates.
  • the attachment means may comprise adhesives compatible with both the shoe material and the body members, complementary hook-pile fastening members attached to the shoes and body members, or fixings of other kinds such as stitching.
  • the attachment means is such that the body members may be easily attached to the shoes such as may be provided by the use of pressure sensitive adhesive attachment means including a release layer to be removed prior to application of the body member to the shoe.
  • the attachment means may comprise an adhesive layer such as that marketed by the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Corporation under the trade designation "9830T". It has been found that such adhesive material may be applicable to a wide range of substrates including rubber, leather, vinyl, woven synthetic and other woven materials such as brushed cotton. The adhesive itself will generally cure to be substantially irremovable in about six hours without clamping required.
  • the apparatus may be selected to be adjustable to the particular application by trimming or the like such as with scissors or other readily available trimming means without affecting the integrity of the indicia, such that the apparatus may be optimised in position on the shoes.
  • apparatus in accordance with the present invention may be applied to the shoes in a visible position relative - o the wearer and preferably may be applied to the toes of the shoes.
  • the apparatus is applied to the shoes such that one of the indicia is located towards the top left side of the right shoe and the other is located towards the top right side of the left shoe such that relative positioning contributes with the indicia in determining for the user the correct shoe for a foot.
  • the indicia are also preferably selected such that the user may readily identify the combination of indicia irrespective of their limited cognitive skills and literacy/numeracy skills.
  • the apparatus in accordance with the present invention would find particular application in respect of users who are children in the age group 2 - 6 years, although it is also envisaged that other persons may usefully avail themselves of apparatus in accordance with the present invention such as people with intellectual disabilities.
  • the apparatus is produced in the form of a laminated sheet comprising a flexible layer, an adhesive layer and a release layer covering the adhesive layer.
  • the laminated sheet preferably has cut therethrough the outline of the pair of body members having their respective indicia disposed on each.
  • the adhesive layer provides the attachmen means for securing the body members to their respective shoes.
  • one or more apparatus may be packaged for sale as a flat product of regular shape, having the preferably die cut body members retained by the release laye which also prevents adhesion before use.
  • the regions of the flexible layer not forming the body members may bear trade mark, advertising, or instructional materials.
  • a flexible vinyl composite material comprising a vinyl face layer backed by a woven scrim layer is generally provided as rolls, typically 1.37 m wide by 55 long.
  • Pressure sensitive adhesive may be provided in sheet form and delivered as a roll of laminate comprising an adhesive layer and a release layer.
  • the adhesive face of th unrolled adhesive laminate is advantageously bonded under roller pressure to the scrim face of the vinyl composite to form a tertiary composite comprising a vinyl layer, a scrim layer, an adhesive layer and a release layer.
  • th relative thickness of the layers will be in the region of 0. mm vinyl, 0.4 mm scrim, 0.2 mm adhesive and 0.2 mm release paper, making a total laminate thickness in the region of 1. mm.
  • the tertiary laminate stock may be cut to sheet sizes suitable for printing, typically 685 mm by 645 mm, such as b guillotine cutting, prior to screen printing or the like.
  • the sheets may be screen printed such as by means of up to 8 colour multiscreen processes to reproduce, typically, multiple image sets, borders, packaging and trade mark material on the exposed vinyl face, after which the sheets are top cut by die to the release layer about the shape of the indicia to form the body members, and punch cut about each set generally comprising a plurality of indicia, throug all of the layers including the release layer to provide a separated product for packing and sale. Typically 24 packs may be obtained from each printed sheet.
  • apparatus in accordance with the present invention is in one respect directed to apparatus which may be retrofitted to an existing pair of shoes, it is envisaged that this invention may find use in shoe manufacture.
  • this invention resides broadly in a pair of shoes including respective toe portions having indicia disposed thereon and comprising complementary portions of an elongate image, said complementary portions being displayed in positions where the image is constituted when the shoes are arranged in the correct side by side relationship, said indicia each extending out from their respective adjacent portions.
  • the indicia may comprise two portions of an illustration or shaped body representing a known and recognizable object with a basic symmetry, preferably having a single logical relative orientation to generate the complete form.
  • the indicia may in combination represent an elongated shape or illustration bifurcated and mounted on the display surfaces of the toe portions.
  • FIG. 1 is a top view of a pair of shoes bearing chiroindicator apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a top perspective view of the chiroindicator apparatus of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of apparatus in accordance with the present invention as configured for sale.
  • a pair of shoes comprising a right shoe 10 and a left shoe 11 having respective toe portions 12, 13.
  • Chiroindicator apparatus 14 having a right hand body member 15 and a left hand body member 16, jointly formed from fabric-backed sheet vinyl material in the shape of a banana and partitioned at 17 to form the body members 15, 16.
  • the upper surfaces 20, 21 of the body members, 15, 16 are printed with coloured ink and graphic material to more closely represent a banana.
  • the fabric backing 22 of each of the body members 15, 16 is adhered on its underside to one adhesive surface of each of a pair of adhesive layers 23, 24 having a release paper over both adhesive layer portions 23, 24 and serving to re ⁇ join the body members 15, 16 for sale and packaging prior to use.
  • the respective body members 15, 16 are removed from the release paper with their respective fabric backings 22 to expose their respective adhesive faces of the adhesive layers 23, 24.
  • the respective body members 15, 16 are then located such that the right hand body member 15 is placed on the left hand side of the right shoe toe portion 12 and pressed thereto to effect adhesion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive face of the adhesive layer 23.
  • the left hand body member 16 is positioned on the right hand side of the left toe portion 13 and similarly pressed into adhesive engagement therewith.
  • FIG. 3 there is illustrated a typical pack of apparatus in accordance with the present invention and including a generally rectangular blank member 30 laminated to pressure sensitive adhesive and release layers (not shown) and having printed thereon indicia portions 31 and trade mark matter 32. Die cut about the indicia portions 31 are the outlines of body portions 33, th die cutting extending to the adhesive layer.
  • Apparatus in accordance with the abovedescribed embodiment has been determined to include several advantages. It has been determined that children younger than two have been able to consistently select the correct shoe for a foot in controlled testing, whereas control tests indicate that such children rarely achieve greater than 50% success with normal shoes.
  • the apparatus has proved to be effective without substantial training and reinforcement, apparently because the apparatus relies on hitherto unutilized cognitive skills that virtually all children of an age to wear shoes, have already acquired.
  • the apparatus has proved to have a positive response from test children who indicate enjoyment from using the apparatus.
  • An apparent advantage of apparatus in accordance with this embodiment includes a perceived gain in personal esteem in achieving success in discriminating the correct shoe against the hitherto impossibility of the task.
  • Apparatus in accordance with the present invention will serve to distinguish a particular wearer's boots and may further be marked such as by permanent marker pen to, for example, add the initials of the child in some position preferably without impairing the distinguishability or function of the indicia to the child.

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Dispositif indiquant la chiralité comprenant des éléments (15, 16) droit et gauche. Les surfaces supérieures (20, 21) des éléments (15, 16) sont imprimées de manière à représenter une image allongée comportant un seul axe de symétrie situé entre les éléments. L'image est sélectionnée de sorte que les éléments (15, 16) se réduisent progressivement autour de l'axe de symétrie depuis leurs bords internes jusqu'à leurs bords externes. Les éléments (15, 16) sont respectivement collés sur les chaussures au moyen d'une couche adhésive (23). En utilisation, les éléments (15, 16) respectifs sont situés de sorte que l'élément (15) droit soit placé du côté gauche de la partie (12) d'extrémité avant de la chaussure droite et pressé sur la surface supérieure pour faire adhérer la face autocollante de la couche adhésive (23). De même, l'élément (16) gauche est positionné du côté droit de la partie (13) d'extrémité avant de la chaussure gauche et pressé pour adhérer sur cette partie.
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FR2713051A1 (fr) * 1993-11-29 1995-06-09 Fakharzadeh Nasrine Procédé de réalisation de chaussures consistant à rajouter une bouche sur chaque chaussure, permettant à un enfant d'assembler sans erreur la chaussure traitée par rapport à celle de gauche.
GB2392294A (en) * 2002-08-20 2004-02-25 Mostafa Attia Mostafa Left and right training shoes and puzzle for children
WO2005004653A2 (fr) * 2003-06-27 2005-01-20 Conner Edward L Procede et ensemble destines a la modification d'accessoires vestimentaires pour qu'ils correspondent a des motifs personnalises
EP1795084A1 (fr) * 2005-12-09 2007-06-13 adidas International Marketing B.V. Système pour individualiser une chaussure
US20160015115A1 (en) * 2014-07-21 2016-01-21 Kristin Hammond Right and left shoe alignment indicia

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US2650169A (en) * 1949-09-28 1953-08-25 Goldstein Joseph Phosphorescent coated sheet material
US3258858A (en) * 1965-10-13 1966-07-05 Jr Louis J Cariffe Articles of wearing apparel for training
GB1092482A (en) * 1964-03-12 1967-11-22 Appoline Mouret Improvements in and relating to shoes with a reflecting strip
CA1193436A (fr) * 1984-10-11 1985-09-17 Isabella Ziemlinski Articles chaussants avec indicateur d'appariement par la gauche et la droite
GB2167592A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-05-29 Helen Marie Cooling Method and equipment for juxtaposing handed articles

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US2557663A (en) * 1947-01-11 1951-06-19 Samuel J Knode Shoe advertising attachment
US2473877A (en) * 1948-05-11 1949-06-21 Goldstein Joseph Luminescent shoe
US2650169A (en) * 1949-09-28 1953-08-25 Goldstein Joseph Phosphorescent coated sheet material
GB1092482A (en) * 1964-03-12 1967-11-22 Appoline Mouret Improvements in and relating to shoes with a reflecting strip
US3258858A (en) * 1965-10-13 1966-07-05 Jr Louis J Cariffe Articles of wearing apparel for training
CA1193436A (fr) * 1984-10-11 1985-09-17 Isabella Ziemlinski Articles chaussants avec indicateur d'appariement par la gauche et la droite
GB2167592A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-05-29 Helen Marie Cooling Method and equipment for juxtaposing handed articles

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
FR2713051A1 (fr) * 1993-11-29 1995-06-09 Fakharzadeh Nasrine Procédé de réalisation de chaussures consistant à rajouter une bouche sur chaque chaussure, permettant à un enfant d'assembler sans erreur la chaussure traitée par rapport à celle de gauche.
GB2392294A (en) * 2002-08-20 2004-02-25 Mostafa Attia Mostafa Left and right training shoes and puzzle for children
WO2005004653A2 (fr) * 2003-06-27 2005-01-20 Conner Edward L Procede et ensemble destines a la modification d'accessoires vestimentaires pour qu'ils correspondent a des motifs personnalises
WO2005004653A3 (fr) * 2003-06-27 2005-06-02 Edward L Conner Procede et ensemble destines a la modification d'accessoires vestimentaires pour qu'ils correspondent a des motifs personnalises
EP1795084A1 (fr) * 2005-12-09 2007-06-13 adidas International Marketing B.V. Système pour individualiser une chaussure
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US20160015115A1 (en) * 2014-07-21 2016-01-21 Kristin Hammond Right and left shoe alignment indicia

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