Patent ID: 8056149
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A combination sock and shoe comprising: a shoe sole having opposite top and bottom surfaces and a sidewall that extends entirely around the shoe sole and separates the top surface and the bottom surface, the sidewall having a toe section and a heel section at opposite ends of the shoe sole and the sidewall having a left side section and a right side section at opposite sides of the shoe sole, the shoe sole bottom surface being an exterior traction surface of the shoe sole; an exterior sock constructed of a flexible material that is more flexible than the shoe sole, the exterior sock being secured to the shoe sole top surface and extending upwardly from the shoe sole sidewall, the exterior sock having a bottom portion that is secured to the shoe sole top surface, a vamp portion that extends upwardly from the bottom portion along the left side section, the right side section, and the toe section of the shoe sole sidewall, a heel portion that extends upwardly from the bottom portion along the left side section, the right side section, and the heel section of the shoe sole sidewall, and an ankle portion that extends upwardly from the vamp portion and the heel portion and extends around an ankle opening of the exterior sock, where the bottom portion, the vamp portion, and heel portion and the ankle portion of the exterior sock are a single continuous piece of material; an intermediate sock inside the exterior sock and secured to the exterior sock, the intermediate sock having a bottom portion that overlays the exterior sock bottom portion, the intermediate sock having a vamp portion that extends upwardly from and over the intermediate sock bottom portion and is positioned inside of and against the exterior sock vamp portion, and intermediate sock having a heel portion that extends upwardly from the intermediate sock bottom portion and is positioned inside of and against the exterior sock heel portion, the intermediate sock having an ankle portion that extends upwardly from the intermediate sock vamp portion and the intermediate sock heel portion and around an ankle opening of the intermediate sock, and the intermediate sock ankle portion having elastic properties that enable the intermediate sock ankle opening to be stretched from a contracted ankle opening area to an expanded ankle opening area that is larger than the contracted ankle opening area, and that enable the intermediate sock ankle opening to return to the contracted ankle opening area after being stretched to the expanded ankle opening area; and, an interior sock inside of the exterior sock and the intermediate sock, the interior sock having a bottom portion that overlays the intermediate sock bottom portion, the interior sock having a vamp portion that extends upwardly from the interior sock bottom portion and is positioned inside and against the intermediate sock vamp portion, the interior sock having a heel portion that extends upwardly from the interior sock bottom portion and is positioned inside of and against the intermediate sock heel portion, and the interior sock having an ankle portion that extends upwardly from the interior sock vamp portion and the interior sock heel portion and through the intermediate sock ankle opening, allowing the interior sock ankle portion to be positioned inside of and against the exterior sock ankle portion.