Foldable footwear
OwnerSotiria Krikelisinventor
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Abstract
A foldable footwear for easy storage, comprising an upper; an insole having a top surface and a bottom surface; the insole defining a first folding member comprising a U-shaped indentation in the top surface; a padding layer positioned on the top surface of the insole; and an outsole attached to the bottom surface of the insole and the upper, the outsole defining a second folding member, wherein the first and second folding members are positioned at an approximate middle section of the footwear and act together to ease folding of the footwear.
Claims8
A foldable footwear for easy storage, comprising:
- an upper;
- an insole having a top surface and a bottom surface, the insole defining a first folding member comprising a U-shaped indentation in the top surface of the insole;
- a padding layer positioned on the top surface of the insole;
- and
- an outsole attached to the bottom surface of the insole and the upper, the outsole defining a second folding member,
- wherein the second folding member comprises an inverted U-shaped indentation in a bottom surface of the outsole;
- wherein the first folding member is positioned on top of the second folding member;
- and
- wherein the first and second folding members are positioned midway between a toe portion and a heel portion of the footwear and enable the footwear to fold in half such that the toe portion touches the heel portion when folded.
A method to carry footwear in a reduced space, comprising:
- folding a flexible shoe in half, the shoe comprising an insole defining a first folding member comprising a U-shaped indentation across a top surface of the insole, and an outsole coupled to the insole, the outsole defining a second folding member comprising an inverted U-shaped indentation across a bottom surface of the outsole, wherein the second folding member comprises an inverted U-shaped indentation across a bottom surface of the outsole, wherein the first folding members is positioned on top of the second folding member midway between a toe portion and a heel portion of the footwear and enable the footwear to fold in half such that the toe portion is positioned adjacent to and parallel with the heel portion in a folded position;
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- storing the flexible shoe in its folded state in a container designed to accommodate a pair of the flexible shoes in its reduced size.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.