Patent ID: 7121019

Claim:
A footwear system for protecting a wearer's foot during and following pedicure operations by retaining the foot and toes in place in a safe, comfortable and convenient manner, comprising, in combination: an essentially oblong platform formed of an elastomeric material with a central tapered region having a first aperture adjacent to a forward end, a U-shaped cut through a rearward end of the platform forming a first strap disposed toward the forward end with a second aperture through a midpoint of the first strap and aligned with the first aperture, a first rear U-shaped recess adjacent to the U-shaped cut and a second U-shaped recess adjacent to the first U-shaped recess, a front U-shaped recess adjacent to the forward end with the U-shaped recesses being adapted to optionally remove a first rearward piece, a second rearward piece and a forward piece from the sandal through bending and tearing to provide alternative sizes of the oblong platform; a fastening member passing through the first and second apertures coupling the first strap and the platform together and thereby forming two separate passageways; and a second strap formed of an elastic material with a forward end and a rearward end, and with a first attachment coupling the forward end of the second strap and the platform adjacent to the fastening member and with a second attachment coupling the rearward end of the second strap and a midpoint of the platform adjacent to a lateral edge thereby enabling a user to place the fifth, fourth, third and second toes contacting alternate surfaces of the second strap in a serpentine orientation to separate and allow convenient access to the toenails of the user's foot for pedicure operations such as painting the user's toenails.