| US 7,549,238 B2 | ||
| Reversible hygiene shoe | ||
| Nikolaos D. Patakos, 1 Larch Dr., Monmouth Junction, N.J. 08852 (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/340,961. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/751931, filed on Dec. 21, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0137069 A1, Jun. 21, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A43B 3/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 36—100 [36/101; 36/113] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A reversible hygiene shoe for use in the martial arts comprising:
an upper portion coupled to a sole portion, said upper portion and said sole portion being formed of a stretchable form-fitting
material;
an opening in the upper portion adapted to receive a foot of a user;
a flap extending from a first side of said opening;
a first attachment member attached to said flap;
a second attachment member attached to an opposite side of said opening, wherein said first attachment member can be attached
to said second attachment member for closing said opening extension and securing said shoe to a user's foot,
wherein an outer portion of the upper portion can be pushed inside an inner portion of said upper portion for reversing said
hygiene shoe; and
wherein said stretchable form-fitting material is formed of a first outer skin layer of a nylon stretch material, a second
outer skin layer of a nylon stretch material and an inner layer positioned between said first outer skin layer and said second
outer skin layer, said inner layer being formed of a neoprene foam material for molding to a user's foot.
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