Patent Application
20200329807
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The disclosure and prior art relates to shoe devices and more particularly pertains to a new shoe device for altering the appearance of slippers.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a slipper that can be worn on a user's foot. The slipper has a sole, an insole lying on top of the sole to have the user's foot lie thereon and a body to surround the user's foot. A cover is provided and the cover is removably positioned on the slipper for completely covering the slipper. The cover is provided in a variety of colors to alter the appearance of the slipper.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The insole 16 has a bottom side 30 and the bottom side 30 rests on the top surface of the sole 14. The insole 16 completely covers the top surface 20 of the sole 14. The body 18 has a bottom edge 32, a top edge 34, an inside surface 36 and an outside surface 38. The bottom edge 32 is continuous such that the body 18 has an ovoid shape and the bottom edge 32 is tucked beneath the insole 16 and the sole 14 to attach the body 18 to the insole 16. The top edge 34 is continuously arcuate to define a foot hole 40 into the slipper 12. Additionally, the body 18 defines a foot portion 42 of the slipper 12 and a heel portion 44 of the slipper 12, and the foot hole 40 is aligned with the heel portion 44.
A first mating panel 46 is coupled to the body 18 and the first mating panel 46 is coupled to the outside surface 38 of the body 18 of the slipper 12. The first mating panel 46 completely covers the outside surface 38 of the body 18. Moreover, the first mating panel 46 is comprised of a hook or pile material.
A cover 47 is removably positioned on the slipper 12 for completely covering the slipper 12. The cover 47 is manufactured in a variety of colors to alter the appearance of the slipper 12. Additionally, the cover 47 conceals soiling or damage on the slipper 12. The cover 47 has a lower edge 48, an upper edge 49 and an interior surface 50. The interior surface 50 coextensively abuts the outside surface 38 of the body 18 when the cover 47 is positioned on the slipper 12. Additionally, the lower edge 48 of the cover 47 is aligned with the top surface 20 of the sole 14 and the upper edge 49 is aligned with and is coextensive with the top edge 34 of the body 18.
A band 51 is coupled to the lower edge 48 of the cover 47 and the band 51 extends around an entire perimeter of the lower edge 48. The band 51 engages the slot 24 in the sole 14 for closing the lower edge 48 of the cover 47 around the slipper 12. The band 51 is first extended downwardly in the first portion 26 of the slot 24 and subsequently urged upwardly in the second portion 28 of the slot 24. Additionally, the band 51 may be comprised of a deformable material for facilitating inserting the band 51 into the slot 24 and removing the band 51 from the slot 24.
A second mating panel 52 is coupled to the cover 47 and the second mating panel 52 releasably engages the first mating panel 46 for retaining the cover 47 on the slipper 12. The second mating panel 52 is positioned on the interior surface 49 of the cover 47 and the second mating panel 52 completely covers the interior surface 49. The second mating panel 52 is comprised of a complementary hook or pile material with respect to the first mating panel 46. Thus, the first 46 and second 50 mating panels engage and disengage each other in the convention of hook and loop fasteners.
In use, the slipper 12 is worn for day to day use as would be any other slipper. The cover 47 can be positioned over the body 18 of the slipper 12 to change the color of the slipper 12 or to conceal unsightly soiling or damage on the body 18 of the slipper 12. The band 51 on the cover 47 is inserted into the slot 24 in the sole 14 for retaining the cover 47 on the body 18. Additionally, the second mating panel 52 engages the first mating panel 46 to facilitate a uniform coupling between the cover 47 and the body 18.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
