One-piece footwear
OwnerGeorge Hammerbeck, Paul J. VanRisseghem +1inventors
InventorsGeorge Hammerbeck, Paul J. VanRisseghem, Daniel R. Blondeau
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Abstract
A footwear article that is a flat sheet of material that can be rolled up and which is configured to be coupled to a wear's ankle and at least one of the wearer's toes. The sheet of material includes a through-hole at one end that is configured to receive a wearer's ankle and at least toe strap at an opposite end configured to receive a wearer's toe(s). According to one embodiment the at least one toe strap is defined by and between a pair of slits formed in the sheet of material. When worn the through-hole surrounds a wearer's ankle and the web or toe strap(s) extends over one of more toes of the wearer.
Claims17
A footwear article that comprises a one-piece, flat sheet of material that has opposed continuous top and bottom surfaces and an elongated configuration with a through-hole formed in one end of the flat sheet of material so as to extend through the opposed continuous top and bottom surfaces and at least one pair of slits at an opposite end of the flat sheet of material which define a web or toe strap between the pair of slits, wherein the flat sheet of material has a transverse center that extends longitudinally and the through-hole has a center that lies on the transverse center of the flat sheet of material and the at least one pair of slits are positioned on one side of the transverse center of the flat sheet of material, said through-hole consisting of a substantially circular shaped through-hole having a continuous circular peripheral inner edge that extends continuously 360° , wherein when worn on the foot of a wearer the peripheral inner edge of the through-hole of the footwear article is attached around the wearer's ankle and the web or toe strap is attached over one or more toes of the wearer and the top surface of the flat sheet of material touches substantially the entire bottom of the wearer's foot and back of heel.
A footwear article that comprises a one-piece, flat sheet of material that has opposed continuous top and bottom surfaces and an elongated configuration with a through-hole formed in one end of the flat sheet of material so as to extend through the opposed continuous top and bottom surfaces and at least one toe strap at an opposite end of the flat sheet of material, said through-hole consisting of a substantially circular shaped through-hole having a continuous circular peripheral inner edge that extends continuously 360° , wherein when worn on the foot of a wearer the peripheral inner edge of the through-hole of the footwear article is attached around the wearer's ankle and the at least one toe strap is attached over one or more toes of the wearer and the top surface of the flat sheet of material touches substantially the entire bottom of the wearer's foot and back of heel.
A footwear article that comprises a one-piece, flat sheet of material that has opposed continuous top and bottom surfaces and an elongated configuration with a through-hole formed in one end of the flat sheet of material so as to extend through opposed continuous said top and bottom surfaces and at least one toe strap at an opposite end of the flat sheet of material which extends upward from the top surface, wherein the flat sheet of material has a transverse center that extends longitudinally and the through-hole has a center that lies on the transverse center of the flat sheet of material and the at least one toe strap is positioned on one side of the transverse center of the flat sheet of material, said through-hole consisting of a substantially circular shaped through-hole having a continuous circular peripheral inner edge that extends continuously 360° , wherein when worn on the foot of a wearer the peripheral inner edge of the through-hole of the footwear article is attached around the wearer's ankle and the at least one toe strap is attached over one or more toes of the wearer and the top surface of the flat sheet of material touches substantially the entire bottom of the wearer's foot and back of heel.
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