Patent ID: 8429836

Claim:
A collapsible athletic shoe comprising: (a) an athletic shoe having a toe end, a heel portion, a sole area, and a foot portion with an inner cavity adapted to receive a user's foot, the foot portion can move between an extended position wherein a user can slide his/her foot into the inner cavity of the foot portion and a collapsed position wherein a top area of the foot portion is pushed toward the sole area of the athletic shoe; (b) a first strap extending out of a first side of the sole area of the athletic shoe and a second strap extending out of a second side of the sole area of the athletic shoe, wherein the first strap and the second strap function to secure the foot portion of the athletic shoe in the collapsed position by pulling the first strap over the top area of the foot portion then pulling the second strap over the first strap, the first strap and the second strap can be temporarily secured together via a first attachment means; and (c) a heel strap having a fixed end extending from a top rim of an opening adapted for insertion of a foot of the heel portion of the athletic shoe, wherein the heel strap extends from a most posterior end of the heel portion of the athletic shoe, wherein the most posterior end is disposed on a midline of the athletic shoe, wherein the heel strap comprises a free end, wherein a second attachment means is disposed on the free end, wherein the heel strap is designed to further secure the foot portion of the athletic shoe in the collapsed position by pushing down the heel portion of the athletic shoe and attaching the heel strap to the first strap or the second strap via looping the heel strap around the first strap or the second strap then attaching the free end of the heel strap to the heel portion of the athletic shoe via second attachment means, wherein the entire heel strap lies only on a vertical plane ( 410 ) longitudinally disposed across the athletic shoe on said midline from a most anterior tip of the toe end to the most posterior end of the heel portion, wherein the entire heel strap lies only on a midline longitudinally disposed across the athletic shoe from the most anterior tip of the toe end to the most posterior tip of the heel portion; wherein the first strap, the second strap, and the heel strap intersect with each other at a middle point of the top area of the foot portion of the athletic shoe when they are attached together, wherein the second attachment means attachably connects to the heel portion completing a loop.