Patent ID: 8468723
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe comprising: a. a body haying a top section, a pair of oppositely disposed sidewalls which extend to a back wall, and a sole, the top section, sidewalls and back wall attached to the sole, the top section extending from a toe section adjacent a front of the shoe to an interior rim b. the top section having an outer surface layer with a multiplicity of spaced apart transverse openings positioned in a lengthwise direction at locations between the front of the shoe and the interior rim, the multiplicity of transverse openings extending through the outer surface layer; c. a flexible strap fixedly attached at a location adjacent the toe section and extending in said lengthwise direction along the top section and an instep area and terminating in a fastening member, the fastening member having an upper surface and a lower surface which includes a first mating fastener, the outer surface layer of the top section including a second mating fastener at a location adjacent the interior rim along said lengthwise direction, a pulling force on the flexible strap in said lengthwise direction enabling the first and second mating fasteners, respectively, to be connected at a multiplicity of different locations where the distance from the fastening member to the toe area is modified in said lengthwise direction, the closer the fastening member is located to the toe area the more the top section of the shoe is compressed in said lenghtwise ditrection, wherein, when said first and second mating fasteners are connected, said flexible strap is folded over itself at said interior rim; d. the top section having first and second extension flaps extending from opposite sides of the top section toward the back wall, respectively, each extension flap terminating in a distal end, each extension flap having an interior surface with a third mating fastener located on the interior surface at a location adjacent the distal end, the back wall having an exterior sidewall having a fourth mating fastener thereon, the third mating fasteners on the first and second extension flaps connectable to the fourth mating fastener on the exterior surface of the back wall at a multiplicity of different locations; and e. a covering flap attached to the sidewalls and the back wall and foldable over the interconnection of the mating fasteners on the first and second elongated extension flaps and the mating fastener on the exterior surface of the back wall.