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US 8,505,221 B2Granted
Collapsible shoe
AssigneeReebok International Ltd.
InventorAndrew Gillespie
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Abstract
An article of footwear including an upper formed of a flexible upper material and a sole formed of a flexible sole material, wherein the sole is rolled, folded, or collapsed onto itself to reduce the volume of the article of footwear. The article of footwear in a collapsed state can then be packaged in a container. This container can be dispensed by a vending machine in a convenient urban area.
Claims20
An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- and
- a flexible sole fixed to said upper and having a heel area, wherein said sole includes:
- a first and second flexure line that extends through at least a portion of a length of said sole along at least a portion of said heel area, wherein said second flexure line is disposed between said first flexure line and a medial side of said sole,
- wherein said first and second flexure lines divide said sole at the portion of said heel area into first, second and third sole plates, each of the first, second and third sole plates being undivided by a flexure line,
- wherein the first sole plate extends from a lateral side of said sole to said first flexure line,
- wherein the second sole plate extends from said first flexure line to said second flexure line, and
- wherein the third sole plate extends from said second flexure line to the medial side of said sole.
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An article of footwear comprising:
- an upper;
- and
- a flexible sole fixed to said upper and having a forefoot area, wherein said sole includes:
- a first, second and third flexure line that each extend through at least a portion of a length of said sole along at least a portion of said forefoot area, wherein said first flexure line is disposed between a lateral side of said sole and said second flexure line, and wherein said second flexure line is disposed between said first flexure line and a medial side of said sole,
- wherein said first, second and third flexure lines divide said sole at the portion of said forefoot area into first, second, third and fourth sole plates, each of the first, second, third and fourth sole plates being undivided by a flexure line,
- wherein the first sole plate extends from the lateral side to said first flexure line,
- wherein the second sole plate extends from said first flexure line to said second flexure line,
- wherein the third sole plate extends from said second flexure line to said third flexure line, and
- wherein the fourth sole plate extends from said third flexure line to the medial side of said sole, and
- wherein the first, second, third and fourth sole plates are exposed on an outside of the shoe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.