Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Shoe attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-23
2001-06-12
Patterson, M. D. (Department: 3728)
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Shoe attachment
C036S011500
Reexamination Certificate
active
06243974
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to shoes and more particularly pertains to a new sandal having compartments therein for storing relatively small items within the shoes of the user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of shoes is known in the prior art. More specifically, shoes heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,478,411; 4,471,539; 3,018,570; 4,686,781; 2,897,609; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 278,092.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new sandal having compartments therein. The inventive device includes a bottom sole portion and a top sole portion which are securely attached together. A strap means releasably secures a foot to the top sole portion and is securely coupled to a top surface of the top sole portion. Each of a plurality of compartments includes a well extending into a side of the top sole portion and a container. The container has a lumen therein. The container has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls. The front wall has an elongate slit therein for access to the lumen. The container is positioned within the well such that the front wall faces outwardly of the well. A plurality of compartments are disposed within the top sole portion.
In these respects, the sandal having compartments therein according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of storing relatively small items within the shoes of the user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of shoes now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new sandal having compartments therein construction wherein the same can be utilized for storing relatively small items within the shoes of the user.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new sandal having compartments therein apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the shoes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new sandal having compartments therein which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art shoes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a bottom sole portion and a top sole portion which are securely attached together. A strap means releasably secures a foot to the top sole portion and is securely coupled to a top surface of the top sole portion. Each of a plurality of compartments includes a well extending into a side of the top sole portion and a container. The container has a lumen therein. The container has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls. The front wall has an elongate slit therein for access to the lumen. The container is positioned within the well such that the front wall faces outwardly of the well. A plurality of compartments are disposed within the top sole portion.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new sandal having compartments therein apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the shoes mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new sandal having compartments therein which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art shoes, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new sandal having compartments therein which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new sandal having compartments therein which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new sandal having compartments therein which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such sandal having compartments therein economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sandal having compartments therein which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new sandal having compartments therein for storing relatively small items within the shoes of the user.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sandal having compartments therein which includes a bottom sole portion and a top sole portion which are securely attached together. A strap means releasably secures a foot to the top sole portion and is securely coupled to a top surface of the top sole portion. Each of a plurality of compartments includes a well extending into a side of the top sole portion and a container. The container has a lumen therein. The container has a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls. The front wall has an elongate slit therein for access to the lumen. The container is positioned within the well such that the front wall faces outwardly of the well. A plurality of compartments are disposed within the top sole portion.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new sandal having compartments therein that have a closing means therein for resisting loss of items contained therein.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various fea
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