Adjustable and flexible closure assembly for monk style shoes
First Claim
1. A monk style shoe having a sole and uppers, said uppers including an undivided vamp and quarters with a variable opening formed between said quarters and the upper portion of said undivided vamp, the improvement including an adjustable and flexible closure assembly comprising a flexible, multi-adjustable, separable fastener means having first and second fastening members including arrays of complementary, coacting flexible gripping elements for securing said closure assembly;
- a fastener strap included on one side of said shoe having a fixed portion and a free end, said free end including said first fastening member, said second fastening positioned adjacent said fixed portion of said fastener strap; and
one of said quarters opposite said fastener strap having an integral, elongated extension with an opening for receiving said fastener strap through which the free end of said fastener strap passes permitting the uppers of said shoe to be pulled inwardly simultaneously perrmitting adjustment to the precise desired tautness of said closure assembly to fasten said shoe.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a monk style shoe having an adjustable and flexible closure assembly utilizing separable fastening members having separable fastening members having coacting, flexible gripping elements, such as hook and loop Velcro type fastening means, including a fastener strap attached to one side of the shoe and one of the shoe quarters on the opposite side of the shoe elongated and having an opening through which the fastener strap passes. This improvement permits the wearer, using only one hand, to easily pull the shoe uppers simultaneously to the precise desired tautness and fasten the shoe.
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16 Claims
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1. A monk style shoe having a sole and uppers, said uppers including an undivided vamp and quarters with a variable opening formed between said quarters and the upper portion of said undivided vamp, the improvement including an adjustable and flexible closure assembly comprising a flexible, multi-adjustable, separable fastener means having first and second fastening members including arrays of complementary, coacting flexible gripping elements for securing said closure assembly;
- a fastener strap included on one side of said shoe having a fixed portion and a free end, said free end including said first fastening member, said second fastening positioned adjacent said fixed portion of said fastener strap; and
one of said quarters opposite said fastener strap having an integral, elongated extension with an opening for receiving said fastener strap through which the free end of said fastener strap passes permitting the uppers of said shoe to be pulled inwardly simultaneously perrmitting adjustment to the precise desired tautness of said closure assembly to fasten said shoe. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- a fastener strap included on one side of said shoe having a fixed portion and a free end, said free end including said first fastening member, said second fastening positioned adjacent said fixed portion of said fastener strap; and
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