Deployable footwear and method of altering a configuration of a collapsible sole to a compact form
OwnerNir Daniel, Galia Danielinventors
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Abstract
A deployable footwear with a collapsible sole and a method for changing its configuration. The sole is made up of a top sheet, a bottom sheet, and one or more support elements in between. It can be compressed into a compact form by folding these elements, which brings the top and bottom sheets closer together. To erect the sole for wear, a stopper element can be used to hold the support elements in an open, stable position. The footwear may also have a removable upper portion. The application also details an alternative design using a telescopic sole with nested segments, as well as a removable folded sheet with a zig-zag or rhombus pattern for internal support.
Claims34
A collapsible footwear comprising:
- a collapsible sole having a top sheet and a bottom sheet, the top sheet and the bottom sheet configured to reversibly assume a corrugated shape;
- a plurality of corrugations formed in the collapsible sole, the plurality of corrugations including interior folds and exterior folds;
- a plurality of lateral elements connecting the interior folds to the exterior folds;
- a longitudinally extending channel formed between an anterior portion and a posterior portion of the collapsible sole, the longitudinally extending channel further formed between the top sheet and the bottom sheet;
- at least one stopper element insertable into the longitudinally extending channel;
- wherein the collapsible sole is reversibly transitionable between a collapsed configuration and an erected configuration.
A collapsible footwear comprising:
- a collapsible sole embodying a telescopic assembly, the telescopic assembly comprising a plurality of structural segments;
- each structural segment of the plurality of structural segments comprising an anterior portion and a posterior portion;
- each structural segment comprising a longitudinally extending channel formed between the anterior portion and the posterior portion and between a top side and a bottom side of the structural segment;
- wherein the collapsible sole is reversibly transitionable between a collapsed configuration and an erected configuration;
- wherein in the collapsed configuration, the anterior portions of adjacent structural segments are disposable adjacently to each other and the posterior portions of adjacent structural segments are disposable adjacently to each other, with the structural segments telescopable within adjacent structural segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.