Patent ID: 8763275

Claim:
A foldable footwear comprising: a. a sole fabricated using a single manufacturing casting, said sole having a ground side which is adapted to touch the ground when the footwear is worn and a foot side which is adapted to touch the user's foot when the footwear is worn, said sole comprising at least two portions, a front portion and a back portion; b. at least one groove in the ground side of the sole, separating the front portion from the back portion and extending laterally from one side of the sole to the other side of the sole, said groove having a front portion edge and a back portion edge; and c. a connecting element attached to the front portion in at least one location and attached to the back portion in at least two locations, wherein said connecting element is configured to stretch when the footwear is worn thus helping to keep the sole unfolded; wherein said footwear is adapted to be folded in one direction only where the ground side of the front portion is folded toward the ground side of the back portion such that the groove's front portion edge touches the groove's back portion edge; and wherein when the footwear is folded the foot side of the sole includes a plurality of notches, positioned above said groove, each of said notches having a substantially planar bottom surface, said notches forming a plurality of adjacent bands having side surfaces, and when the footwear is unfolded the side surfaces of the bands contact each other.