Patent ID: 8635790
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: A43B,A45D

Abstract:
1. A traveler's kit comprising a first traveler's article and a second traveler's article, each article having a primary use associated with an open position thereof, and a secondary use associated with a closed position thereof, the primary use being that of a slipper, the secondary use being that of a storage container, each article comprising: a pouch defined by a substantially smooth surface, having an opening, and having at least one back wall extending beyond the opening; the at least one back wall comprises a first part of a securing arrangement near an end which is farthest from the pouch, the pouch comprises a second part of the securing arrangement, the first and second parts of the securing arrangement cooperate together for retaining the article in the closed position, the pouch constitutes, in the open position of the article, a vamp of the slipper, and, in the closed position of the article, a storage pocket, the pouch in the closed position having a closed inner surface and a closed outer surface, and the at least one back wall constitutes, in the open position of the article, a sole of the slipper and, in the closed position of the article, a U-shaped closing flap of the storage container, folded along an axis spaced from the pouch, wherein in a closed configuration of the kit, the first article in the closed position is received inside the pouch of the second article in the closed position so that the closed inner surface of the second article fully conforms with the closed outer surface of the first article, and the pouch of the first article contacts the inner surface of the second article along a substantial portion of the smooth surface thereof.