Patent ID: 6237174
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A method of making a cloth slipper having a top, bottom, front toe end, rear heal end, two sides, an interior, and a top central opening, comprising the following steps:folding a generally rectangular blank having four edges, one of which is designated as the front edge, an opposite edge designated as the back edge, a side edge designated as the right side edge and the opposite side edge designated as the left side edge, said blank having an upper surface and a lower surface, said blank having a central, longitudinal axis extending from the front edge midpoint to the back edge midpoint, along its central longitudinal axis so that the side edges touch and the blank upper surface is hidden from view, said blank upper surface forming the general interior of the slipper;folding each side edge back along a side longitudinal axis parallel to each side edge, away from each slipper side, toward the slipper bottom, and then coming to rest against a slipper side, thereby forming a flap on each side with a portion of the blank upper surface exposed;stitching each flap to its adjacent side by means of a straight longitudinal row of stitches, said row being positioned along an axis parallel to its respective side edge midway between said side edge and said respective side longitudinal axis;attaching a rectangular strip of lace to each flap along the flap row of stitches thereby forming a lace skirt about the top central opening;joining together and attaching those portions of the front edge folded on each side of the front edge midpoint and extending to each side flap row of stitches;joining together and attaching those portions of the back edge folded on each side of the back edge midpoint and extending to each flap row of stitches;wherein the formation of the flaps and consequent stitch row form a channel under each flap between the stitch row and the side longitudinal axis, each said channel having an open front end and an open rear end;inserting a continuous elastic strip with two ends, one end first, through both channels and out to be attached to the other end of the elastic strip;interconnecting the two channel open front ends with interconnected with the elastic strip contained therein;interconnecting the two channel open rear ends thereby completely enclosing the elastic strip within a resulting continuous channel; andfolding the back edge midpoint upward and attaching to the joined portions of the back edge near to the rearmost point of the two flap rows of stitches.