Patent ID: 7225563

Claim:
A shoe comprising: an upper including a front portion, a heel portion which has a rear wall adapted to extend around the heel of a foot, and an instep part provided with a shoelace; at least one adjustment pad attached loosely to said rear wall within said heel portion and including an intermediate part, first and second ends on two opposite sides of said intermediate part, a first surface confronting said rear wall, and a second surface opposite to said first surface; first and second strap passage units provided on said rear wall, said first strap passage unit being proximate to said second end of said adjustment pad; and a strap including a first section connected to said first surface of said adjustment pad at least at a location adjacent to said second end, and a second section passing through said first and second strap passage units, said second section having one end extending out of said upper and connected to said shoelace, wherein said first section of said strap is connected to said first surface of said adjustment and adjacent to said first end and said second end, said strap being folded between said first and second sections adjacent to said second end, wherein, when said shoelace is tightened, said strap is pulled and tensed between said first and second passage units and moves inward said intermediate part of said adjustment pad.