Abstract: The present invention refers to a cushioning member with an undulating conformation comprising a plurality of elastically deformable bands provided in a juxtaposed arrangement relative to each other according to a substantially longitudinal orientation, wherein each such band features a plurality of undulations which are inclined relative to a resting plane, and a plurality of joining strips are provided between at least two bands and arranged transversely relative to these bands. The cushioning member is produced as a single-piece molding, in which the bands are integral with the strips and are assigned a final and definitive shape thereof, as required for use to which the cushioning member is intended to be put.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a cushioning member with an undulating conformation comprising a plurality of elastically deformable bands (2) provided in a juxtaposed arrangement relative to each other according to a substantially longitudinal orientation; each such band (2) features a plurality of undulations (2a, 2b), which are inclined relative to a resting plane, and a plurality of joining strips (3, 3a) provided between two or more bands (2) and arranged transversally relative to said bands. The cushioning member (1) is produced as a single-piece moulding, in which the bands (2) are integral with the strips (3, 3a) and are assigned the final and definitive shape thereof, as required for the use which the cushioning member (1) is intended to.

Abstract: A shock-absorbing sole for footwear comprising an assembly of shock-absorbing modules placed side-by-side and arranged in the longitudinal direction. Each module includes a wire-shaped element made of a selected material of relatively high strength and rigidity folded in such a way as to form a succession of upwardly-pointing loops lying in a plane that passes through the longitudinal axis of the module and at right angles to the outsole. The loops are inclined in the same general direction so that whenever the sole contacts the ground, each loop bends with a compliance that depends on its relative length and, thereafter, tends to regain its original condition by means of a relatively quick return with what is substantially a damped aperiodic harmonic motion. The greater or lesser compliance of the assembly depends also on the greater or lesser transverse density with which the modules are arranged.