SUMMER AND HOUSE SHOES FREE OF COUNTERS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: shoe industry. SUBSTANCE: shoe has flexible extensible holders attached to toe head part. Each holder is made in the form of strip of flexible extensible material based on rubber or components thereof and provided with textile braiding. Ends of non-detachable holder are attached to toe head part during manufacture by gluing or curing, as well as by means of non-detachable buttons or may be made integral with head part. Ends of detachable holder are attached by means of unfastenable buttons or hooks. When shoes are to be worn by grownup people or by children lacking cavities above heels, flexible extensible holders are provided with supports, which are single-sided parts of holder middle portions widening toward sole and slight sole extension. Support abuts against sole to prevent holder from sliding down. Such shoes are readily put on and held on foots and manufactured at reduced cost as compared to shoes with counters. Individuals wearing such shoes may walk in water provided that all of their parts are manufactured from water-repellent materials. Also, shoes of type, whose toe head is caught up by feet toes, may be readily transformed into shoes attached to foot, and vice versa, which is effectuated without necessity for taking off shoes. EFFECT: wider range of shoes and use and simplified construction. 2 cl, 17 dwg