Footwear with closing mechanism permitting easy donning and doffing
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1. A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising:
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an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and
a zipper mechanism extending continuously from;
(a) a top portion of the upper at the first side of the shoe, (b) downward and along the first side of the shoe, (c) along an edge between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, wherein the zipper mechanism includes a zipper end stop located at the first side of the shoe where the upper is permanently attached to the sole.
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Abstract
A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion and first and second sides, the shoe including a sole, an upper and a closing mechanism extending from a top portion of the upper down along the first side of the shoe and then horizontally between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, around the second side and around the heel portion.
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1. A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising:
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a sole; an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and a zipper mechanism extending continuously from;
(a) a top portion of the upper at the first side of the shoe, (b) downward and along the first side of the shoe, (c) along an edge between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, wherein the zipper mechanism includes a zipper end stop located at the first side of the shoe where the upper is permanently attached to the sole. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising:
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a sole; an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and a zipper mechanism extending continuously from a first zipper end stop to a second zipper end stop of the zipper mechanism, wherein the zipper mechanism extends;
(a) along an edge between the sole and the upper from the first zipper end stop and along the first side of the shoe, (b) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the toe portion of the shoe, (c) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the first side of the shoe to the second zipper end stop, wherein the upper is permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe between the first zipper end stop and the second zipper end stop. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side, the shoe comprising:
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a sole; an upper permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe; and a zipper mechanism extending continuously from a first zipper end stop located at the toe portion on the first side of the shoe to a second zipper stop located at the heel portion on the first side of the shoe, wherein the zipper mechanism extends;
(a) from the first zipper end stop at the toe portion along an edge between the sole and the upper, (b) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the toe portion, (c) along the edge between the sole and the upper and along the second side, (d) along the edge between the sole and the upper and around the heel portion, and (e) along the edge between the sole and the upper to the first side of the shoe and to the second zipper end stop at the heel portion, wherein the upper is permanently attached to the sole only at the first side of the shoe between the first zipper end stop and the second zipper end stop. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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