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US 5,381,610 AGranted
Convertible footwear
OwnerViolet M. Hansoninventor
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Abstract
Footwear having a pair of slipper or footwear/shoe members joined together. Each member is formed of a flexible upper body and a sole secured thereto about the perimeter. The two slipper or footwear/shoe members are further joined with their soles abutting each other.
Claims7
A convertible footwear comprising two structurally congruent members, each having a foot covering portion with an upper edge and a lower edge, and a sole with inner and outer surfaces, the lower edge of the covering portion being attached to the inner surface of its sole about its peripheral edge;
- first means for securing said two congruent members together at the peripheral edges of the soles with the outer surfaces of the soles in facing relationship and with the foot covering portion of one of said two congruent members extending over said secured peripheral edge to enclose said peripheral edge between the two foot covering portions of said congruent members;
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- second means for securing said two foot covering portions together at their upper edges so that the peripheral edge of the two soles and one of the outer sole surfaces is contained within the confines of its respective foot covering portion while the other outer sole surface is exposed for contact with a walking surface depending upon which respective foot covering portion is inverted and turned into covering relationship abutting with the other foot covering portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.