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US 6,880,270 B2Granted
Shoe with magnetic fastener
OwnerSuzanne K. Pratherinventor
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Abstract
An article of clothing includes flexible clothing sheet material having first and second sheet material ends which separate to pass a portion of a wearer body into and out of the article of clothing; and first and second magnetic fasteners which are magnetically attracted to each other and are secured to respective first and second sheet material ends for releasibly securing the sheet material ends together and thus securing the article of clothing around a portion of the wearer body.
Claims3
An article of clothing, comprising:
- flexible clothing sheet material having first and second sheet material ends which separate to pass a portion of a wearer body into and out of the article of clothing;
- and first and second magnetic fastener means which are magnetically attracted to each other and are secured to respective said first and second sheet material ends for releasibly securing said sheet material ends together and thus securing the article of clothing around a portion of the wearer body;
- wherein said flexible clothing sheet material is configured to define a shoe comprising a shoe outer surface and a shoe upper section having two inner flaps pivoting toward each other and an outer flap pivotally secured to said shoe outer surface and pivotable over said inner flaps, and wherein said first and second magnetic fastener means comprise an inner flap magnetic panel on each said inner flap and an outer flap magnetic panel on said outer flap positioned to be adjacent to said inner flap magnetic panels when said outer flap is pivoted over said inner flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.