Easy to put on wrap-around shoe which is adaptable to the shape of the foot

A shoe comprising:

• a foot-supporting, stiff sole having two opposite side edges, a front edge, and a rear edge, a bottom face, and a top face,
• an upper comprising two separate side parts, each made of a continuous sheet of freely flexible supple material, each side part being continuously secured to one of said side edges only and free from the front and rear edges of the sole, and thereby spaced apart at front and rear, so that the two upper side parts can be completely folded downwardly and outwardly about the opposite sides edges of the sole in order to uncover completely the top face of the sole, so that a foot can be put onto the sole of the shoe while the sole is completely uncovered, one of the two upper side parts having a rearward projection which covers the rear edge and overlaps a marginal portion of the other upper side part when the shoe is closed about the foot,
• a mating pair of adjustable instant hook-and-loop type fastening means, one located on said projection and the other on the rear marginal portion of said other upper side part, so that when said side parts are folded upwardly against the foot put on the sole, and adjusted according to the shape of the foot, the two upper side parts can be joined together, at the rear of the foot, completely encasing the foot and supporting the foot regardless of its specific shape, and further comprising a third upper part forming a front tongue secured only to the front edge of the sole, so that it can be completely folded downwardly about the front edge of the sole,
• said front tongue, when folded upwardly, covering the front edges of the said two upper side parts, and
• additional hook-and-loop type mating fastening means located at each side of said front tongue and along said front edges of said front edges of said two upper side parts.

A shoe comprising:

• a foot-supporting, stiff sole having two opposite side edges, a front edge and a rear edge;
• an upper comprising two separate side parts and a separate front tongue, each made of a continuous sheet of freely flexible similar supple material, each side part being continuously secured to one of the side edges only and free from the front and rear edges of the sole and thereby spaced apart at front and rear, said tongue having side edges and a front edge and continuously secured only at said front edge to said front edge of said sole, so that the two upper side parts and the tongue can be completely folded downwardly and outwardly about the opposite sides edges and the front edge of the sole in order to uncover completely the top face of the sole, so that a foot can be put on the sole of the shoe while the sole is completely uncovered, and
• adjustable instant hook and loop-type fastening means, one being located at the front and one at the rear of each said upper side part and one near each side edge of the tongue,
• so that the side parts can be folded upwardly against a foot put on an uncovered sole and adjusted according to the shape of the foot, and the two upper side parts joined together at the rear of the foot, and the tongue folded upwardly and its fastener means joined to the front fastening means on said side parts, completely encasing the foot.