Article of footwear

An article of footwear being in the form of a sandal comprising a sole having rear and front foot portions;

• a heel provided on the sole which is wedged and flared at both medial and lateral borders of the rear foot portion to provide a natural arch shape and prevent rolling of the rear foot portion;
• an arch-engaging loop, an ankle-encircling loop, and at least one toe-receiving loop for adjustably securing the sole to a wearer's foot and for adjustably engaging a toe of the wearer's foot;
• the arch-engaging and toe-receiving loops being formed by a first strap having one end anchored to the sole;
• the ankle-encircling loop being formed by a second strap having one end anchored to the sole;
• and means carried by the first strap for adjustably connecting the first strap to the second strap to secure the sole to the wearer's foot and to apply a corrective force to the toe of the wearer's foot;
• the connecting means being adjustably carried by the first strap to vary its length and thereby adapt the sandal to various sizes and shapes of wearer's feet.

An article of footwear being in the form of a sandal comprising a sole;

• a heel provided on the sole;
• an arch-engaging loop, an ankle-encircling loop and a plurality of toe-receiving loops for adjustably securing the sole to a wearer's foot and for adjustably engaging the toes of the wearer's foot;
• the arch-engaging loop and each toe-receiving loop being formed by a first strap having one end anchored to the sole;
• the ankle-encircling loop being formed by a second strap having one end anchored to the sole;
• and means carried by the first strap for adjustably connecting the first strap to the second strap to secure the sole to the wearer's foot and to apply a corrective force to the toes of the wearer's foot;
• the connecting means being adjustably carried by the first strap to vary its length and thereby adapt the sandal to various sizes and shapes of wearer's feet.

An article of footwear being in the form of a sandal comprising a sole;

• a heel provided on the sole;
• an arch-engaging loop, an ankle-encircling loop and at least one toe-receiving loop for adjustably securing the sole to a wearer's foot and for adjustably engaging a toe of the wearer's foot;
• the arch-engaging and toe-receiving loops being formed by a first strap having one end anchored adjacent to a lateral border of the sole;
• the ankle-encircling loop being formed by a second strap having one end anchored adjacent to the same lateral border of the sole as the first strap;
• and means carried by the first strap for adjustably connecting the first strap to the second strap to secure the sole to the wearer's foot and to apply a corrective force to the toe of the wearer's foot;
• the connecting means being adjustably carried by the first strap to vary its length and thereby adapt the sandal to various sizes and shapes of wearer's feet.