Paddle slipper that offers wearing comfort

Abstract

A paddle slipper includes an insole for the contact of the sole of a user's foot, and an outsole bonded to the bottom side of the insole for contacting the ground and defining at a bottom side thereof a front open zone, a front support zone and a rear support zone. The front and rear support zones of the outsole lift the insole so that the user's sole is kept above the ground, lowering the chance of water-wetting the sole of the user's foot when the user is paddling. A front groove is defined between front protruding blocks of the front support zone, facilitating discharge of pressure from the user's sole. The front open zone design offers wearing comfort when the user is walking.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates to slippers and more particularly, to a paddle slipper that offers wearing comfort.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]When playing a water game, taking a hot spring bath or SPA treatment, or participating in outdoor activities during a leisure time, people may wear a pair of slippers for the advantages of wearing comfort. However, the user's sole will feel uncomfortable when the slipper is water-wetted.[0005]In order to eliminate the aforesaid water-wetted problem, breathing slippers that can discharge water or be dried quickly are created. However, the user's sole will still feel uncomfortable during the waiting time before the water-wetted slipper is dried, i.e., the aforesaid prior art design of breathing slippers is still not satisfactory in function, and an improvement in this regard is necessary.SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION[0006]The present invention has been accomplished under ...

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[0006]The present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide a paddle slipper, which lowers the chance of water-wetting the sole of the user's foot when the user is paddling and, which offers wearing comfort.

[0007]To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, a paddle slipper comprises an insole for the contact of the sole of a user's foot, and an outsole bonded to a bottom side of the insole for contacting the ground. The outsole comprises, at a bottom side thereof, a front open zone extending backwardly from a front edge thereof, a front support zone located on a front half of the bottom side thereof and disposed at a rear side relative to the front open zone and having at least two front protruding blocks and a front groove defined between two front protruding blocks, and a rear support zone disposed at a rear side relative to the front support zone and having at least one rear protruding block. Thus, the front and rear support zones of the outsole lift the insole to keep the user's sole above the ground at a distance, lowering the chance of water-wetting the sole of the user's foot when the user is paddling. The groove defined between the front protruding blocks of the front support zone enables the corresponding part of the paddle slip to be elastically curved during walking. The front open zone enables the paddle slipper to incline forward for smooth walking. Thus, the insole is elastically curved to fit the user's sole perfectly, facilitating pressure release. Therefore, the paddle slipper offers wearing comfort when the user walks.

[0008]It is still another object of the present invention to provide a paddle slipper, which guides water rapidly away when the paddle slipper is water-wetted, assuring wearing comfort.

[0009]To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, the insole of the paddle slipper comprises a plurality of horizontal drainage channels and a plurality of vertical drain holes respectively disposed at the top side in communication with the horizontal drainage channels. When the paddle slipper is water-wetted, water flows through the vertical drain holes into the horizontal drainage channels and then guided to the outside by the horizontal drainage channels. Therefore, the paddle slipper discharges water rapidly, eliminating the problem of uncomfortable feeling due to wearing of a water-wetted slipper.

Problems solved by technology

Thus, the front and rear support zones of the outsole lift the insole to keep the user's sole above the ground at a distance, lowering the chance of water-wetting the sole of the user's foot when the user is paddling.

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