Patent ID: 7694435

Claim:
A foldable sandal, said foldable sandal comprising: a molded sole having a central sole thickness defined as a dimension between a foot contacting surface of the sole and a ground contact surface of the sole proximate a transverse center line of the sole provided having a transverse orientation of the sole; an upper strap member for securing one's foot to said foldable footwear, the upper strap member being in a form factor of a sandal having each end of said strap secured at each of a instep and an outstep side of the shoe and designed to be placed over a front portion of a wearer's foot; and a hinge molded into the molded sole, said hinge comprising: a flexible hinge aperture extending laterally across the midsection of the sole, extending upward from the ground contact surface of the sole into the sole a distance that is greater than ¼ and less than 9/10 of the central sole thickness, and a hinge top recess provided parallel to said flexible hinge, located along the foot contact surface, wherein said flexible hinge is provided allowing the user to fold the molded sole such to have a heel section of the foot contact surface become substantially parallel to and opposing a toe section of the foot contact surface.