WO2017064526A1

WO2017064526A1 - Shoes flippers

Info

Publication number: WO2017064526A1
Application number: PCT/GR2016/000053
Authority: WO
Inventors: Filopoimin OIKONOMOPOULOS
Original assignee: Oikonomopoulos Filopoimin
Priority date: 2015-10-12
Filing date: 2016-10-12
Publication date: 2017-04-20
Also published as: GR1008893B

Abstract

The Shoes Flippers are a pair of sea shoes on which flaps (1) can be adjusted in order to transform them to flippers. In each shoe, two flaps (1) are attached in two positions on the shoe and are hooked by a joint mechanism (3) in the relevant slots of the joint mechanism (2) which are incorporated into the shoe sole. At the first position in the back side of the shoe, with a simple support prop (4) the flaps (1) are placed inside in such a way that they do not prevent walking and furthermore they give a particular and exceptional appearance to the shoe, as they resemble to "Hermes's sandals". At the second position the flaps (1) are placed at the front part of the shoe, on an integrated support base (5) at the sole, when transformed to flippers. They answer to all bathers needs and given that they are well manufactured, they can also be used for walking and / or during the whole period that people are on the beach, without being obliged to carry with them another pair of shoes.

Description

Shoes Flippers

DESCRIPTION

Shoes Flippers are beach shoes which are transformed to flippers in a simple way, just by adjusting flaps (1) on them, in order to facilitate people to swim.

The sea shoes widely sold in commerce are all familiar to us. Their use is limited for sea purposes only and if their manufacture quality is not good, the bather is obliged to carry them to the beach wearing other shoes in the meantime. Furthermore, in case he wishes to swim, most of sea shoes are not suitable for this purpose, so it is highly possible for someone to carry a pair of flippers as well.

The Shoes Flippers satisfy all needs of bathers and swimmers and given the fact that they are properly manufactured, they can even be worn for walking all day at the beach, or anywhere else, without any further need for anyone to carry with him one more pair of shoes. Whenever it Is necessary, they can be transformed to flippers ar»u vice versa.

Two flaps (1) are adjusted in each shoe. The flaps (1) are manufactured by relatively hard elastic plastic or similar material, they are lightweight due to their relatively small size and they are strapped with a joint mechanism (3) in two positions of each shoe, which have the equivalent slots (2) for the joint mechanism.

The flap support (7) side is shaped in such a way that it is adjusted to a rail (6) that ends to the joint mechanism (3), in order to hook to the equivalent slots (2) integrated in the shoe, either at the shoe sole in the back, or in the front part (5) of the shoe. The flap (1) support side (7) follows the shape of the equivalent part of the sole which will be attached while transformed to flippers. There is a relevant graphic array in figure 4.

The shape and the size of the flaps (1) are subject to the discretion of the manufacturer, in order to facilitate swimming and be elegant at the same time. A relevant graphic array is presented in figures 8,

To avoid a gap while strapping the flaps (1) at the front part of the shoe, the one flap has a little bulge (8), a "tooth" and the other has an equivalent slot in order to ensure their attachment to a single body. A relevant graphic array is presented in figure 5.

The flaps (1) are adjusted to two positions on the shoe.

The first position is at the back side of the shoe where the slots of the joint mechanism (2) are connected or integrated to the sole. With the assistance of a simple prop (4) through which the flap (1) enters, they are perfectly comfortable for walking and furthermore they give a significant appearance and elegance to the shoe, as they resemble to "Hermes's sandals". The relevant graphic array is found in figures 1 and 2.

The second position of adjustment is at the front part of the shoe and they are placed there when someone desires to swim and transform them to flippers.

At the front part there is a base (5) of hard plastic or similar material, adjusted and integrated in the shoe sole, without altering its shape. The specific base (5) is manufactured in such a way that it secures the flaps (1) in a stable position, firmly fed to the shoe. It has two rails (6) through which the flaps (1) are entered and tied. The rails (6) are in both sides of the base and they must have a necessary gap between them, in order to facilitate the placement of the two flaps (1). In the gap created between the two rails (6), the support base (5) has a small bulge, a little "tongue", in order to lean on it the specific part of the flaps (1) that is not supported from the rails (6). The rails (6) end up in slots of the joint mechanism (2) in order to ensure that the equivalent joint mechanism (3) of the flaps (1) can hook there. The base (5) does not, by all means, prevent walking, and as it is integrated within the shoe sole, it does not pop out at all, if the manufacturer wishes to. A relevant graphic array is presented in figures 6 and 7.

The use of Shoes Flippers is very simple. The initial position of the flaps (1) is at the back part of the shoes. Whenever the user desires, he unhooks the flaps (1) and the joint mechanism (3) and fits them into the rails (6) of the support base (5), where the joint mechanism (3) hooks and secures in a stable position the flaps (1) at the front part of the shoe. That way, the shoes are transformed to flippers. The procedure is exactly the opposite when he gets out of the sea. A relevant graphic array is presented in figure 3. The Shoes Flippers are light, they can be extremely beautiful depending on their design; their utility is beyond any doubt, due to the fact that the average swimmer does not need to carry different kind of shoes for each different usage.

In figure 1 we can exemplary see the side view of the Shoes Flippers, with the flaps (1) adjusted to the back side of the shoes.

In figure 2 we can exemplary see the side view of the Shoes Flippers,

without the flaps (1).

In figure 3 we can see the top view of the Shoes Flippers with the flaps (1) adjusted at the front part of the shoe.

In figure 4 we can exemplary see one flap (1).

In figures 5 and 6 we can exemplary see the flaps (1) placed in the front part of the shoes.

In figure 7 we can exemplary see the base (5) integrated at the front part of the shoes and in figure 8 we can see the various designs of the flaps (1).

Claims

1. The Shoes Flippers are sea shoes which can be transformed to flippers whenever the user desires and are characterized by the fact that flaps (1) can be adjusted and hooked on them with a joint mechanism (3) to the back side of the shoes

into the relevant integrated slots (2) of the joint mechanism of the shoe sole at the back side of the shoe, where with the assistance of a simple prop (4) they do not prevent walking and are easily transformed to flippers, when the user adjusts them to the front part of the shoe, on an integrated base (5) situated at the shoes' sole, which (the base) supports the flaps (1) and hooks them into the correspondent integrated slots (2) of the joint mechanism of the shoe sole, to the front part of the shoe.

2. The Shoes Flippers have, according to Claim 1, an integrated support base (5) of the flaps (1) at the front part of the shoe sole, which has two rails (6) on both sides of the shoes and through which the flaps (1) are tied and end up to the slots (2) of the joint mechanism.

3. The Shoes Flippers have according to Claim 1, integrated slots (2) where the flaps (1) are hooked to the joint mechanism (3) at the side, front and back sides of the shoe sole and a prop (4) that supports the flaps (1) at the adjoining-back side of the shoes.

4. The Shoes Flippers include according to Claim 1, flaps (1) which can be adjusted and hooked with a joint mechanism (3) with the shoes at their back side, when the person desires to use them for walking and at their front part, in the integrated support for the flaps (1) on the sole base (5), when the person wishes to transform them to flippers.

5. The Shoes Flippers include according to Claim 1, flaps (1) that their support side (7) follows the shape of the correspondent side of the shoe sole, where the flaps will be placed when transformed to flippers.

6. The Shoes Flippers include according to Claim 1, flaps (1) that their support side (7) is shaped in such a way that is tied to a rail (6) that ends to a joint mechanism (3) in order to ensure that the flaps are hooked to the corresponding slots (2) of the joint mechanism and those slots are integrated to the shoe sole either at the back side of the shoe or at the ending of the base (5) that supports the flaps (1) in the front part of the shoe.

7. The Shoes Flippers include according to Claim 1, flaps (1) that are tied amongst them, when placed at the front part of the shoe, with a small bulge (8) on the one flap (1) and a corresponding slot on the other flap, in order to be hooked amongst them, so as to avoid the gap created between them.

8. At the Shoes Flippers and according to Claim 1, the support base (5) is undivided and in accordance with Claim 2, since the intermediate part between the rails (6) unites them, by being slightly wider from the rails' (6) thickness, in order to ensure that the parts of the flaps (1) which are not leaned on the rails (6), are leaned on that intermediate part.