Patent ID: 6588124
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A ballet shoe comprising:a shoe upper having a front region and having a rear region; a front underfoot portion of the shoe connected with the front region of the upper and extending under the front of the foot; a rear underfoot portion connected with the rear region of the shoe upper and extending under the heel region of the foot; the front region having a rearmost edge and the rear region having a frontmost edge opposed to the rearmost edge, the front and rear regions being so shaped and sized that the opposing rearmost and frontmost edges, respectively, of the regions are spaced apart; and a gusset between and connected to each of the front and rear underfoot portions, the gusset having a front edge connected to the rearmost edge and a rear edge connected to the frontmost edge so that the gusset extends under the central region of the foot for completing an underfoot covering for the shoe; the gusset being continuous between lateral sides of the shoe without a longitudinal seam extending along the gusset at the central region of the foot.