Patent ID: 8245420

Claim:
A shoe having an upper portion and a sole portion secured to the upper portion, the sole portion contains three separate soles comprising: a front-sole portion, a mid-sole portion, and a rear-sole portion, wherein the upper portion contains a front-flex portion exposed between the front-sole portion and mid-sole portion, and wherein the upper portion also contains a rear-flex portion exposed between the mid-sole portion and the rear-sole portion, wherein the shoe folds at the front-flex portion thereby folding the front-sole portion into a plane substantially parallel with a plane containing the mid-sole portion wherein the front-sole portion is capable of engaging the mid-sole portion when the shoe is folded and/or the shoe folds at the rear-flex portion thereby folding the rear-sole portion into a plane substantially parallel with a plane containing the mid-sole portion wherein the rear-sole portion is capable of engaging the mid-sole portion when the shoe is folded.