# US 10,499,710 B2 · Footwear with closing mechanism permitting easy donning and doffing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,499,710 B2 - Document ID: US10499710B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/422,364 - Filed: 2017-02-01 - Published: 2018-08-02 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2017-02-01 - Assignees: NIKE, Inc. - Applicants: NIKE, Inc. - Inventors: Claudio Innocente - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10499710B2 ## CPC - A43C 11/008: {Combined fastenings, e.g. to accelerate undoing or fastening} - A43B 3/06: Shoes with flaps; Footwear with divided uppers - A43B 11/00: Footwear with arrangements to facilitate putting-on or removing, e.g. with straps - A43B 23/0245: {characterised by the constructive form} - A43C 11/12: Slide or glide fastenings - A43C 11/1493: {Strap fastenings having hook and loop-type fastening elements} - A43C: FASTENINGS OR ATTACHMENTS OF FOOTWEAR; LACES IN GENERAL - A43B: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR ## Abstract A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion and first and second sides, the shoe including a sole, an upper and a closing mechanism extending from a top portion of the upper down along the first side of the shoe and then horizontally between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, around the second side and around the heel portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising: a sole; an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and a zipper mechanism extending continuously from: (a) a top portion of the upper at the first side of the shoe, (b) downward and along the first side of the shoe, (c) along an edge between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, wherein the zipper mechanism includes a zipper end stop located at the first side of the shoe where the upper is permanently attached to the sole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shoe as recited in claim 1, wherein the first side comprises a lateral side and the second side comprises a medial side of the shoe. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The shoe as recited in claim 1, wherein the first side comprises a medial side and the second side comprises a lateral side of the shoe. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The shoe as recited in claim 1, further comprising: a strap member extending across the upper from the first side of the shoe to the second side of the shoe; and a flap member extending across the upper from the second side of the shoe towards the first side of the shoe, the flap member including an orifice dimensioned for receiving the strap member. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The shoe as recited in claim 4, further comprising connecting members provided on the flap member and the strap member for connecting the strap member to the flap member. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The shoe as recited in claim 5, wherein the connecting members comprise a hook and loop fastener. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The shoe as recited in claim 4, further comprising an elastic section of material provided at a portion of the upper below the strap member and the flap member. ### Claim 8 A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising: a sole; an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and a zipper mechanism extending continuously from a first zipper end stop to a second zipper end stop of the zipper mechanism, wherein the zipper mechanism extends: (a) along an edge between the sole and the upper from the first zipper end stop and along the first side of the shoe, (b) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the toe portion of the shoe, (c) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the first side of the shoe to the second zipper end stop, wherein the upper is permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe between the first zipper end stop and the second zipper end stop. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The shoe as recited in claim 8, wherein the first side comprises a lateral side and the second side comprises a medial side of the shoe. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The shoe as recited in claim 8, wherein the first side comprises a medial side and the second side comprises a lateral side of the shoe. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The shoe as recited in claim 8, further comprising: a strap member extending across the upper from the first side of the shoe to the second side of the shoe; a flap member extending across the upper from the second side of the shoe towards the first side of the shoe, the flap member including an orifice dimensioned for receiving the strap member. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The shoe as recited in claim 10, further comprising connecting members provided on the flap member and the strap member for connecting the strap member to the flap member. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The shoe as recited in claim 11, wherein the connecting members comprise a hook and loop fastener. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The shoe as recited in claim 11, further comprising an elastic section of material provided at a portion of the upper below the strap member and the flap member. ### Claim 15 A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising: a sole; an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and a zipper mechanism extending continuously from a first zipper end stop located at the toe portion on the first side of the shoe to a second zipper stop located at the heel portion on the first side of the shoe, wherein the zipper mechanism extends: (a) from the first zipper end stop at the toe portion along an edge between the sole and the upper, (b) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the toe portion, (c) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper to the first side of the shoe and to the second zipper end stop at the heel portion, wherein the upper is permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe between the first zipper end stop and the second zipper end stop. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The shoe as recited in claim 15, wherein the first side comprises a lateral side and the second side comprises a medial side of the shoe. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The shoe as recited in claim 15, wherein the first side comprises a medial side and the second side comprises a lateral side of the shoe. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The shoe as recited in claim 15, further comprising: a strap member extending across the upper from the first side of the shoe to the second side of the shoe; a flap member extending across the upper from the second side of the shoe towards the first side of the shoe, the flap member including an orifice dimensioned for receiving the strap member. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The shoe as recited in claim 18, further comprising connecting members provided on the flap member and the strap member for connecting the strap member to the flap member. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The shoe as recited in claim 19, wherein the connecting members comprise a hook and loop fastener. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The shoe as recited in claim 18, further comprising an elastic section of material provided at a portion of the upper below the strap member and the flap member.