Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – With adjustment of shoe size
Patent
1979-10-09
1981-11-17
Lawson, Patrick D.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
With adjustment of shoe size
36101, 36 115, A43B 326, A43B 324, A43B 312
Patent
active
043002943
ABSTRACT:
An article of footwear being in the form of a sandle includes a platform, two straps anchored to the platform to secure the platform to a wearer's foot, and an expedient, such as a velcro strip, mounted to the edge of the platform for removably fastening an upper foot covering to the platform to convert the sandal to a shoe and vice versa. The sandal includes a sole, a heel provided on the sole, an arch-engaging loop, an ankle-encircling loop, and one or more toe-receiving loops. The sole, an arch, a wedged heel, and a plurality of channels for movably receiving the straps are formed in a single molded platform to reduce the number of fabrication steps and make the sandle lighter. Each of the loops is anchored to the sole for adjustably securing the sole to a wearer's foot and for adjustably engaging the toe or toes of the wearer's foot. The arch-engaging loop and the toe-receiving loops are formed by a first strap and the ankle-encircling loop is formed by a second strap. A buckle is carried by the first strap and cooperates with the second strap to adjustably connect the first strap to the second strap to secure the sole to the wearer's foot and to apply a corrective force to the toe or toes of the wearer's foot. The length of the first strap is variable to accommodate various sizes and shapes of wearer's feet by adjusting the position of the buckle.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2200080 (1940-05-01), Fein
patent: 2259273 (1941-10-01), Smith
patent: 2642677 (1953-06-01), Yates
patent: 3275002 (1966-09-01), Scholl
patent: 4103440 (1978-08-01), Lawrence
patent: 4200997 (1980-05-01), Scheinhaus et al.
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