JP2007508071A5 - - Google Patents

Claims (14)

  Footwear having a bottom portion, wherein at least a rear portion of the bottom portion is formed so as to imitate a tail shape of a surfboard.   2. Footwear according to claim 1, characterized in that the underside of the bottom incorporates a shape or decoration that replicates one to three fins of the surfboard.   The footwear of claim 2, wherein the two or more fins extend below the bottom to form a raised heel portion.   The footwear according to claim 1, wherein tail shapes of the surfboard to be imprinted include (a) "pin tail", (b) "swallow tail", and (c) "square tail".   5. Footwear according to claim 4, characterized in that the bottom side incorporates a hip or flyer that replicates the surfboard hip or flyer to supplement the tail shape.   The footwear according to claim 1, wherein the bottom portion incorporates a stringer colored from the front end to the rear end, which is a replica of the stringer of the surfboard, on the upper side of the bottom portion.   The footwear according to claim 1, wherein the upper side of the bottom portion is provided with a heel pad or a grip which is raised to reproduce a deck grip or “gorilla grip” of a surfboard.   8. Footwear according to claim 7, wherein the heel pad has a sloped forward facing surface and a patterned or contoured upper surface and comprises support and / or gripping for the wearer's heel.   The footwear according to claim 1, wherein the bottom portion incorporates a leg string hole, or a shape or decoration replicating the leg string hole.   The footwear of claim 1, wherein the upper side of the bottom incorporates branding, labeling and other surfboard aesthetic values.   Footwear to be used as a hand-held wave riding member (surfer) for body surfers, comprising the configuration according to any one of claims 1 to 10.   The footwear for use as a hand-held wave riding member (surfer) according to claim 11, further comprising a wrist strap that can be attached to the bottom at one end and can be attached to a wearer's wrist at the other end.   The wrist strap has a length of cord or rope with a loop at one end and a locking pin at the other end, the cord or rope passing through the loop for attachment to a wearer's wrist and the lock. The footwear used as a hand-held wave riding member (surfer) according to claim 12, wherein the stop pin is engageable with the leg string hole of the bottom portion.   13. A front strap engagable with the wearer's hand and / or finger and extending laterally from the front end of the bottom to the bottom. Footwear used as a hand-held surfing member (surfer).