# US 2021/0274881 A1 · Toe Guider Device for Footwear > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0274881 A1 - Document ID: US20210274881A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/329,374 - Filed: 2021-05-25 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2019-01-16 - Inventors: Khang Quach - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210274881A1 ## CPC - A43B 7/26: with toe-spacers or toe-spreaders - A43B 3/10: Low shoes {, e.g. comprising only a front strap}; Slippers - A43B 3/103: {characterised by the attachment of the toestrap} - A43B 3/105: {characterised by the shape or layout of the toestrap} - A43B: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR ## Abstract A footwear includes a shoe sole, a shoe upper member coupled on the shoe sole, and a toe guider device which includes first and second spacers. Bottom ends of the first and second toe spacers are retained by the shoe sole while top ends of the first and second toe spacers are retained by the shoe upper. The first toe spacer is retained for being worn between first and second toes of a wearer. The second toe spacer is retained for being worn between second and third toes of the wearer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A footwear, comprising: a shoe sole; a shoe upper member coupled on said shoe sole; and a toe guider device comprising first and second toe spacers, wherein bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers are retained by said shoe sole while top ends of said first and second toe spacers are retained by said shoe upper, such that said first and second toe spacers are spacedly held at a position that said first toe spacer is arranged for being worn between first and second toes of an wearer and said second toe spacer is arranged for being worn between second and third toes of the wearer, wherein a width of said first toe spacer is larger than a width of said second toe spacer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The footwear, as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers is integrally extended from said shoe sole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The footwear, as recited in claim 1, wherein said toe guider device has two retention cavities indently formed at said shoe sole and said shoe upper member respectively to receive said top and bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers so as to retain said first and second toe spacers between said shoe sole and said shoe upper. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The footwear, as recited in claim 2, wherein said toe guider device has two retention cavities indently formed at said shoe sole and said shoe upper member respectively to receive said top and bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers so as to retain said first and second toe spacers between said shoe sole and said shoe upper. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The footwear, as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said first and second toe spacers has two opposed curving sidewalls that a width of each of said second toe spacers is gradually reducing towards a mid-portion thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The footwear, as recited in claim 4, wherein each of said first and second toe spacers has two opposed curving sidewalls that a width of each of said second toe spacers is gradually reducing towards a mid-portion thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The footwear, as recited in claim 1, wherein said shoe upper member comprises a toe cover attached on said shoe sole to form a toe cavity that said toe guider device is supported therewithin. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The footwear, as recited in claim 6, wherein said shoe upper member comprises a toe cover attached on said shoe sole to form a toe cavity that said toe guider device is supported therewithin. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The footwear, as recited in claim 1, wherein said bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers are integrated to form an enlarged bottom platform while said top ends of said first and second toe spacers are integrated to form an enlarged top platform. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The footwear, as recited in claim 8, wherein said bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers are integrated to form an enlarged bottom platform while said top ends of said first and second toe spacers are integrated to form an enlarged top platform. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The footwear, as recited in claim 1, wherein said first toe spacer is constructed to have a core sleeve and a core support coaxially extended along said core sleeve. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The footwear, as recited in claim 9, wherein said first toe spacer is constructed to have a core sleeve and a core support coaxially extended along said core sleeve, wherein a bottom end of said core support of said first toe spacer is integrated to form an enlarged bottom platform while a top end of said core support of said first toe spacer is integrated to form an enlarged top platform. ### Claim 13 A method of manufacturing a footwear, comprising the steps of: (a) forming a shoe sole and a shoe upper; (b) attaching said shoe upper member on said shoe sole; (c) forming a first toe spacer between said shoe sole and said shoe upper member at a position that a bottom end of said first toe spacer is retained by said shoe sole while a top end of said first toe spacer is retained by said shoe upper member to retain said first toe spacer for being worn between first and second toes of an wearer; and (d) forming a second toe spacer, having a width smaller than said first toe spacer, between said shoe sole and said shoe upper member at a position that a bottom end of said second toe spacer is retained by said shoe sole while a top end of said second toe spacer is retained by said shoe upper member to retain said second toe spacer for being worn between second and third toes of the wearer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method as recited in claim 13 wherein, in the step (c) and step (d), at least one of said bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers is integrally extended from said shoe upper. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said shoe upper member comprises a toe cover attached on said shoe sole to form a toe cavity that said toe guider device is supported therewithin. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said shoe upper member comprises a toe cover attached on said shoe sole to form a toe cavity that said toe guider device is supported therewithin. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said bottom ends of said first and second toe spacers are integrated to form an enlarged bottom platform while said top ends of said first and second toe spacers are integrated to form an enlarged top platform. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The method, as recited in claim 13, wherein said first toe spacer is constructed to have a core sleeve and a core support coaxially extended along said core sleeve. ### Claim 29 (depends on 18) The method, as recited in claim 18, wherein said first toe spacer is constructed to have a core sleeve and a core support coaxially extended along said core sleeve, wherein a bottom end of said core support of said first toe spacer is integrated to form an enlarged bottom platform while a top end of said core support of said first toe spacer is integrated to form an enlarged top platform.