Flexible footwear
AssigneePatient Pedro LLC
InventorErika S Wilson
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Abstract
A shoe includes a shoe upper portion made of flexible material, the upper portion including a foot border, a toe region, front-flex portion, arch region, rear-flex portion, and heel region. A split sole portion is secured to the bottom of the shoe upper portion, the sole portion including a front-sole portion under the toe region of the upper portion, a mid-sole portion under the arch region of the upper portion and a rear-sole portion under the heel region of the upper portion. The front-sole portion folds at the front-flex portion into the mid-sole portion and the rear-sole portion folds at the rear-flex portion into the mid-sole portion.
Claims20
A shoe having an upper portion and a sole portion secured to the upper portion, the sole portion contains three separate soles comprising:
- a front-sole portion, a mid-sole portion, and a rear-sole portion, wherein the upper portion contains a front-flex portion exposed between the front-sole portion and mid-sole portion, and wherein the upper portion also contains a rear-flex portion exposed between the mid-sole portion and the rear-sole portion, wherein the shoe folds at the front-flex portion thereby folding the front-sole portion into a plane substantially parallel with a plane containing the mid-sole portion wherein the front-sole portion is capable of engaging the mid-sole portion when the shoe is folded and/or the shoe folds at the rear-flex portion thereby folding the rear-sole portion into a plane substantially parallel with a plane containing the mid-sole portion wherein the rear-sole portion is capable of engaging the mid-sole portion when the shoe is folded.
A shoe having an upper portion comprising a foot border and a sole portion containing three separate soles secured to the upper portion, the sole portion comprising:
- a front-sole portion, a mid-sole portion, and a rear-sole portion, wherein the upper portion contains a front-flex portion exposed between the front-sole portion and mid-sole portion, and wherein the upper portion also contains a rear-flex portion exposed between the mid-sole portion and the rear-sole portion, wherein the shoe folds at the front-flex portion thereby folding the front-sole portion into a plane substantially parallel with a plane containing the mid-sole portion and the shoe folds at the rear-flex portion thereby folding the rear-sole portion into a plane substantially parallel with a plane containing the mid-sole portion.
A foldable shoe having an upper portion and three sole portions secured to the upper portion, the sole portions comprising a front-sole portion, a mid-sole portion, and a rear-sole portion, wherein the upper portion contains a front-flex portion exposed between the front-sole portion and mid-sole portion, and wherein the upper portion also contains a rear-flex portion exposed between the mid-sole portion and the rear-sole portion, wherein the shoe is folded at the front-flex portion thereby folding the front-sole portion into the mid-sole portion and/or the shoe is folded at the rear-flex portion thereby folding the rear-sole portion into the mid-sole portion, wherein the front-flex portion and rear-flex portion allow the shoe to maintain a folded configuration in the absence of a retaining means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.