GENERAL-PURPOSE SLIPPERS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A43B3/24 A43B3/12 

FIELD: summer and home shoes, in particular, production of light weight slippers used in recreational, medical, sportive and other enterprises.

SUBSTANCE: slippers have bottom and top parts which are made integral and may be readily assembled and disassembled. Right and left slippers do not differ from one another as to their design. Slipper blank is cut by "die cutting" process and is formed as flat whole structure having single member with recesses and two openings and consisting of foot surface, toe and heel parts contoured in accordance with foot shape. Toe transverse strap with two cuts is separated from foot surface by recess provided in the vicinity of toe so as to define inner rounded form. Left and right longitudinal straps are separated from foot surface by recesses so as to form retainers at their ends, said retainers being formed as triangle which is obtained by "die cutting" of triangular openings. Thereafter, slippers are assembled by bending toe transverse strap toward heel part region so that its reverse side is visible; bending aside its left longitudinal strap, running it diagonally around leg toward opening so that left longitudinal strap is on the top of toe transverse strap and inserting it into right opening; bending away right longitudinal strap, running it diagonally around leg toward opening so that right longitudinal strap is on the top of toe transverse strap and left transverse strap, and inserting it into left opening; arranging slipper blanks in side-to-side relation so that each second slipper is turned by 180 deg. Slippers of such structure may be also used in boarding houses and laboratories, beauty saloons, beaches, swimming pools, bath houses and saunas, museums, railway, automobile and aviation means.

EFFECT: simplified manufacture process, light weight, convenient wearing, reduced manufacture costs and wider range of usage.