Double-sided footwear

The innovative footwear design with a separable base and belt part and magnetic alignment ensures easy, correct wearing from either direction, addressing the alignment issues and maintaining neatness in facilities.

JP3249779UActive Publication Date: 2025-01-15須郷 美津彦
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Patent Information

Application Number
JP2024002576U
Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Utility models
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-07-16
Publication Date
2025-01-15
Estimated Expiration
2034-07-16

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

Existing footwear designs make it difficult to wear shoes in the correct direction every time, leading to inconvenience and disarray when multiple pairs are placed in a facility like hotels or inns.

Method used

The footwear design separates the base and belt part with an angled ground contact surface, allowing wear from both directions, and uses magnets to return the belt part to its original position upon removal, ensuring consistent alignment.

Benefits of technology

Enables easy and correct wearing of shoes from either direction, maintaining neat alignment and reducing staff effort in facilities where footwear is frequently rearranged.

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Abstract

To provide double-opening footwear which can be put on and taken off without changing posture by being put on from both directions and which does not require realignment. When putting on the shoes, the belt part 1 and the base 2 separate and move to a specific position, allowing the belt part to be angled appropriately for comfortable wear. Also, when taking them off, the magnetic attraction returns them to their original position, so they can be put on in either direction without having to be realigned even after taking them off.
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Description

[Technical field]

[0001] This invention relates to footwear that can be worn in both directions. [Background technology]

[0002] In hotels and inns, footwear for guests to wear at home is provided, but it is troublesome or difficult to put on the shoes when entering or leaving the hotel. Therefore, the shoes are facing the wrong way around, making it difficult to put on. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] When taking off your footwear, if you want to align it in the right direction, you have to either take it off with your body facing backwards or align it again, and if it is placed backwards when you try to put it on, it becomes difficult to put it on.

[0004] When entering an inn or hotel, footwear is neatly aligned, but over time it becomes mismatched, resulting in a poor appearance and requiring staff to frequently rearrange it. [Means for solving the problem]

[0005] By separating the base and belt and angling the contact surface after movement, the shoes can be worn from both directions and are more comfortable to wear.

[0006] The magnetic attraction between the base and belt returns the shoes to their original positions when the shoes are taken off, so they can be worn in either direction. Effect of the Invention

[0007] Users can put on and take off the shoes from either side, and the facility staff can reduce their workload by not having to rearrange their shoes.

[0009] When you take off the footwear, the belt part is in the same position as other footwear, so it looks good even when taken off. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0010] [Figure 1] Side view of footwear [Diagram 2] Top view of footwear [Diagram 3] Illustration of footwear being put on from the left [Figure 4] Illustration of footwear being put on from the right DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0011] When the foot is put into the footwear, the magnet in the base and the magnet in the belt separate, allowing the belt to move to the ground and the base to the ground surface.

[0012] By setting an angle between the contact surface of the base and the contact surface of the belt, the upper surface of the belt can be inclined.

[0013] By taking off your feet, the belt part falls and is attracted to the magnet in the base. EXAMPLES

[0014] An embodiment will be described below with reference to the attached drawings. When the foot is put into this footwear from the right side, the belt magnet 4 and the base magnet 5 are released, and the left belt ground surface 6 moves to the left base ground surface 8, resulting in the state shown in Figure 3. Similarly, when the foot is put into the footwear from the left side, the belt magnet 4 and the base magnet 5 are released, and the right belt ground surface 7 moves to the right base ground surface 9, resulting in the state shown in Figure 4.

[0015] By removing your feet from the left or right, the belt part will drop and the belt part magnets 4 will be attracted to the base magnets 5, returning it to its original position as shown in FIG.

[0016] As the shape is symmetrical as shown in Figure 2, there is no front or back of the footwear. [Explanation of symbols] 1 Belt section 2. Foundation 3. Soles of shoes 4 Belt magnet 5 Base magnet 6 Left belt contact surface 7 Right belt contact surface 8 Left foundation ground plane 9 Right foundation ground plane 10 Left ground contact point 11 Right ground point

Claims

1. When the foot is inserted into the belt section, the belt section, which is fixed in place by a magnet, detaches and moves diagonally upwards, and by setting an angle between the contact surface between the base and the belt section, the belt section can be given an appropriate angle.

2. The footwear according to claim 1 can be worn in either direction by the belt portion returning to its original position by the attractive force of the magnet when the foot is removed from the belt portion.