Footgear

a technology for shoes and feet, applied in the field of shoes, can solve the problems of not finding shoes that fit the feet exactly, people cannot walk normally, and people cannot find shoes that fit the feet, and achieve the effect of facilitating the putting on of shoes
US20050229430A1Inactive Publication Date: 2005-10-20AKIHIKO TAKABA
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Current Assignee / Owner
AKIHIKO TAKABA
Publication Date
2005-10-20
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide footwear that exactly matches the feet of many people, the movement of a big toe inward and away from a second toe is not restricted, movement of the five toes is not limited, the base sections of the toes are stimulated, putting on the footwear is easy, the toes are made uncomfortable, and the footwear will not slip off even during fast walking. The footwear comprises a sole and instep covers formed of a soft material, wherein five openings and holes are provided on toe tip parts of the instep covers, the instep covers serve as guides, the five toes are led to the corresponding openings and holes, the five toes can easily protrude from the openings and holes, and broad sections between the openings and holes serve as straps.
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] 1. Technical Field

[0002] The present invention relates to footwear, such as shoes, zori (Japanese sandals), geta (clogs), and slippers, that enables walking in a manner close to walking barefoot by using a constitution such that movement of toes is not restricted, that facilitates the slipping in of toes into the corresponding space between straps (hereinafter called “putting on of footwear” or a variant thereof), that facilitates the heel-to-toe rolling motion, and that naturally works with the foot as a single unit.

[0003] 2. Background Art

[0004] More than 4 million years are said to have passed since an ancestor of humankind began to walk upright, and 150-180,000 years have passed since the birth of Mitochondrial Eve, considered to be an ancestor of modern humans. For most of this time, man lived barefoot. The sandals of the ancient Egypt, said to be the oldest footwear, first appeared merely four thousand years ago.

[0005] The Japanese, after...

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