FOOTWEAR Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC A43B3/24 A43B11/00 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: proposed group of inventions refers to shoe construction, a manner of wearing the shoe on man's foot in accordance with the shoe design features of invention and a manner of getting the shoe off man's foot. The shoe (1) has a toe part (2) and a heel part (3), which can completely or partially be disconnected from the toe part (2). The shoe with essentially flexible top and essentially hard shoe sole provides a toe part including the forepart of the shoe sole and the forepart of the top, the heel part (3) which includes the back part of the shoe sole and the back of the top. At that the heel part (3) may at least partially be disconnected from the toe part and rotate towards it, enabling to insert a foot into the toe part (2). Also it has a disjointed fastener (4) for connecting the heel part to the toe part with the possibility of their disconnection from each other, and a single-piece footbed attached to the toe part with the ability to its overlay on the front and the back parts of the shoe sole. When the heel part (3) is at least partially disconnected from the toe part (2) the shoe can be easily put on a foot of a man who does not need to bend the foot or make efforts to put the shoe on or take it off. In versions with a partial disconnection of the heel part (3) it can be turned towards the toe part (2) sideways or down. A disjointed fastener (4) may be a zipper, Veklro (Velcro™) or other means.

EFFECT: ensuring the possibility of partial disconnection of different parts of footwear from one another, at that the shoe is comfortable to take on and off needlessly to turn the foot and apply a force or pressure on it.

8 cl, 19 dwg