Patent ID: 9565889
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A43B

Claim:
1. A shoe for placement of a foot therein, the foot having a foot sole, an ankle region, a heel region, an arch region and toes, each toe including a front region, the shoe comprising: a shoe sole having a medial side and a lateral side, a top insole surface for placement of the foot sole and toes thereon and a bottom outsole surface, the shoe sole having a plurality of toe extensions projecting below the toes, each toe extension configured to support and retain at least one toe; and a shoe upper overlaying the arch region, attached to the lateral side and the medial side of the shoe sole and extending toward the toes, wherein the upper is joined to the insole of each toe extension to partially encircle the at least one toe supported and retained on such toe extension, and leaving at least the front region of all the toes exposed, wherein at least one toe extension has a means for self-adjusting for toe length.