Patent ID: 7549238

Claim:
A reversible hygiene shoe for use in the martial arts comprising: an upper portion coupled to a sole portion, said upper portion and said sole portion being formed of a stretchable form-fitting material; an opening in the upper portion adapted to receive a foot of a user; a flap extending from a first side of said opening; a first attachment member attached to said flap; a second attachment member attached to an opposite side of said opening, wherein said first attachment member can be attached to said second attachment member for closing said opening extension and securing said shoe to a user's foot, wherein an outer portion of the upper portion can be pushed inside an inner portion of said upper portion for reversing said hygiene shoe; and wherein said stretchable form-fitting material is formed of a first outer skin layer of a nylon stretch material, a second outer skin layer of a nylon stretch material and an inner layer positioned between said first outer skin layer and said second outer skin layer, said inner layer being formed of a neoprene foam material for molding to a user's foot.