Shoe conveniently put on and taken off

• US 8,769,845 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2011
• Issued: 07/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pei-Chia Yao
• Original Assignee: Shu-Hua Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Shu-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Mohandesi, Jila M
• Application Number:
  US13/008,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20120180338A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,267 Days
• Field of Search: 36/56, 361/38, 36/88, 36/93, 36/54
• US Class Current: 36/138
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 11/02 with built-in shoe-horns
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 21/24 characterised by the constructive form
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/0215 Plastics or artificial leather
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/025 assembled by stitching
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/027 with a part of the upper particularly flexible, e.g. permitting articulation or torsion
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/047 the gusset being elastic
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 23/26 Tongues for shoes
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 9/02 Footwear stitched or nailed through
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 11/002 Fastenings using stretchable material attached to cuts in the uppers
• CPC Class Codes: A43C 11/006 Elastic fastenings

Abstract

A shoe that is conveniently put on and taken off includes an outsole, an upper, a supporting piece, and a guiding piece. The upper is attached on the outsole and has a counter and a collar extending upward from the counter and configured as a shoehorn. The supporting piece is attached to the counter and the collar of the upper. The guiding piece is attached to an instep of the upper. Because of the supporting piece having a predetermined hardness and the collar having a shape like a shoehorn, the rear of the upper can be served as a shoehorn for helping a user'"'"'s foot in slipping into the shoe. In addition, the guiding piece can avoid the instep of the upper from becoming crease and unsmooth. As a result, the shoe is convenient for the user to put on without bending his back and using his hand.

Claims

1. A shoe, comprising:

an outsole;

an upper which is attached on the outsole and has a counter and a collar extending upward from the counter and configured as a shoehorn;

a supporting piece which is harder than the upper and attached to the counter and the collar of the upper; and

a guiding piece, wherein the entire guiding piece is harder than the upper and the guiding piece is attached directly to an instep of the upper and having a part extending out of a top line of the upper;

wherein the guiding piece is attached to an inside of the upper or between an outside of the upper and the inside of the upper.

2. The shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the supporting piece is attached to an outside or an inside of the upper.

3. The shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outsole has a treadable protrusion at a rear end of the outsole.

4. The shoe as claimed in claim 1, wherein a quarter of the upper has an elastic band near the counter.

5. The shoe as claimed in claim 4, wherein the outsole has a treadable protrusion at a rear end of the outsole;

rear portions of the outsole and the upper are seamed together with a sewing thread.

6. The shoe as claimed in claim 3, wherein the treadable protrusion extends farther from a rear end of the shoe than any portion of the supporting piece and the collar.