Foldable footwear
OwnerSotiria Krikelisinventor
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Abstract
A foldable footwear for easy storage, comprising an upper; an insole having a top surface and a bottom surface; the insole defining a first folding member comprising a U-shaped indentation in the top surface; a padding layer positioned on the top surface of the insole; and an outsole attached to the bottom surface of the insole and the upper, the outsole defining a second folding member, wherein the first and second folding members are positioned at an approximate middle section of the footwear and act together to ease folding of the footwear.
Claims8
A foldable footwear for easy storage, comprising:
- an upper;
- an insole having a top surface and a bottom surface, the insole defining a first folding member comprising a U-shaped indentation in the top surface;
- a padding layer positioned on the top surface of the insole;
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- an outsole attached to the bottom surface of the insole and the upper, the outsole defining a second folding member, wherein the first and second folding members are positioned at an approximate middle section of the footwear and are capable of acting together to ease folding of the footwear.
A method to carry footwear in a reduced space, comprising:
- folding a flexible shoe in half, the shoe comprising an insole defining a first folding member comprising a U-shaped indentation across a top surface of the insole, and an outsole coupled to the insole, the outsole defining a second folding member comprising an inverted U-shaped indentation across a bottom surface of the outsole, wherein the first and second folding members are positioned at an approximate middle section of the footwear and act together to ease folding of the footwear;
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- storing the flexible shoe in its folded state in a container designed to accommodate a pair of the flexible shoes in its reduced size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.