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US 2013/0276332 A1Published application
Adjustable shoe
AssigneeTilag Brands, LLC
InventorGalit Danielle Malka-Harari
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Abstract
An adjustable shoe has an expansion mechanism which enables the front portion of the shoe to be expanded. A flexible strap member fixedly attached at the toe area extends in a lengthwise direction between the toe area at the front of the shoe and an interior rim, the flexible strap member extending out of a cavity opening adjacent the interior rim. A pulling force on the flexible member in the lengthwise direction causes compression of the top section, the sole, and the sidewalls of the shoe, causing wrinkling, gathering, and creasing in the top section, and causing a portion of the sole at the front of the shoe to move toward the interior rim.
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A shoe comprising:
- (a) a body having a top section, a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls, and a sole, the top section extending from a toe area adjacent a front of the shoe to an interior rim, the front of the shoe and the interior rim defining a lengthwise direction therebetween;
- (b) a first mating fastener on an outer surface layer of the top section at a location adjacent the interior rim in an instep area along the lengthwise direction;
- (c) a flexible member fixedly attached at a location adjacent the toe area, the flexible member extending in the lengthwise direction between the toe area at the front of the shoe and the interior rim,
- the flexible member terminating in a second fastening member which includes a second mating fastener,
- a distance from the toe area to the interior rim being adjustable by movement of the flexible member in the lengthwise direction to selectively compress or expand the dimensions of the top section to reduce or expand the size of the shoe in the lengthwise direction,
- a pulling force on the flexible member in the lengthwise direction causes compression of the top section and the sidewalls of the shoe,
- the flexible member being folded over itself at the interior rim when the first and second mating fasteners are connected.
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A shoe comprising:
- (a) a body having a top section, a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls, and a sole, the top section extending from a toe area adjacent a front of the shoe to an interior rim, the front of the shoe and the interior rim defining a lengthwise direction therebetween, the top section, the sidewalls, and the sole being made of material selected from the group consisting of leather, suede and soft fabric;
- (b) a first mating fastener on an outer surface layer of the top section at a location in an instep area adjacent the interior rim along the lengthwise direction;
- (c) a flexible member fixedly attached at a location adjacent the toe area, the flexible member extending in the lengthwise direction between the toe area at the front of the shoe and the interior rim, the flexible member extending out of a cavity opening adjacent the interior rim,
- the flexible member terminating in a second fastening member which includes a second mating fastener,
- a distance from the toe area to the interior rim being adjustable by movement of the flexible member in the lengthwise direction to selectively compress or expand the dimensions of the top section to reduce or expand the size of the shoe in the lengthwise direction, a pulling force on the flexible member in the lengthwise direction enabling the first and second mating fasteners, respectively, to be connected at a multiplicity of different locations and causing compression of the top section, the sole, and the sidewalls of the shoe,
- the compression of the top section causing wrinkling, gathering, and creasing in the top section,
- wherein the flexible member also pulls an inside of the front toe area inward toward the interior rim in order to reduce the interior size of the front of the shoe,
- wherein, when the first and second mating fasteners are connected, the flexible member is folded over itself at the interior rim;
- wherein the top section has an outer surface layer with a multiplicity of spaced apart openings positioned in the lengthwise direction at locations between the front of the shoe and the interior rim, the multiplicity of openings extending through the outer surface layer.
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A shoe comprising:
- (A) a body having a top section, a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls, and a sole, the top section extending from a toe area adjacent a front of the shoe to an interior rim, the front of the shoe and the interior rim defining a lengthwise direction therebetween, the top section, the sidewalls, and the sole being made of material selected from the group consisting of leather, suede and soft fabric;
- (B) a first mating fastener on an outer surface layer of the top section at a location in an instep area adjacent the interior rim along the lengthwise direction;
- (C) a flexible strap member fixedly attached at a location adjacent the toe area, the flexible strap member extending in the lengthwise direction between the toe area at the front of the shoe and the interior rim, the flexible strap member extending out of a cavity opening adjacent the interior rim, the flexible strap member terminating in a second fastening member which includes a second mating fastener,
- a distance from the toe area to the interior rim being adjustable by movement of the flexible strap member in the lengthwise direction to selectively compress or expand the size of the shoe,
- wherein, when the first and second mating fasteners are connected, the flexible member is folded over itself at the interior rim;
- wherein the top section has an outer surface layer with a multiplicity of spaced apart openings positioned in the lengthwise direction at locations between the front of the shoe and the interior rim,
- wherein the flexible strap member is visible through the openings in the outer surface layer of the top section,
- a pulling force on the flexible member in the lengthwise direction:
- (i) enabling the first and second mating fasteners, respectively, to be connected at a multiplicity of different locations, and
- (ii) causing compression of each of the top section, the sole, and the sidewalls of the shoe, the compression of the top section causing wrinkling, gathering, and creasing in the top section, and
- (iii) causing a portion of the sole at the front of the shoe to move toward the interior rim.
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