Decorative device for thong sandal
A device for removable securing decorative objects to a thong type sandal and a sandal system incorporating such a device.
1 . A repeatedly removable and attachable device for securing a decoration to the side straps of a flip-flop type sandal comprising:
A single elongated strap having a plurality of openings therethrough disposed equidistantly from the center of said strap,
A centrally located button secured to said strap and disposed so that the openings in said strap may be placed over said button and secured thereunder,
A removable decoration having means for securing said decoration to said strap.
2 . The device of claim 1 wherein said button incorporates a decorative element upon a top surface.
3 . The device of claim 1 wherein said strap is made from an elastic material.
4 . The device of claim 1 wherein said strap incorporates a design along its length.
5 . The device of claim 1 wherein said means for securing the decoration is a safety pin like device.
6 . The device of claim 1 wherein said means for securing the decoration is a clip.
7 . A sandal configuration providing a repeatedly removable and attachable device for securing a decoration comprising: a lower oblong sole portion proportioned to extend a limited nearly equal distance beyond a periphery of a human foot having an upper cushioned surface, a bottom durable traction providing surface, an upwardly positioned shaft of a flexible and smooth material positioned on a toe portion of said sole so that said shaft may comfortably be positioned between the big toe second toe of a human foot, said shaft having a lower end with means for securing it to said sole and an upper end having a plurality of flexible straps attached thereto, said straps extending to a rearward portion of said sole with at least one strap extending rearward on either side of a human foot when a foot is placed in said sandal, said straps having means for attachment to said rearward portion of said sole, said sandal configuration further having means for securing a decorative device to said flexible straps of said sandal comprising a single elongated strap of a flexible elastic material having a plurality of openings therethrough equidistantly disposed on either side of a center portion of said elongated strap, a centrally located button non-removably attached to an upward surface of said elongated strap said button having an upper surface and a lower surface and attached to said elongated strap such that said lower surface has a free periphery disposed to accept and retain said elongated strap when said button is disposed through said openings, and a repeatedly removable and re-attachable decoration having means for attachment to said elongated strap.
8 . The device of claim 7 wherein said button incorporates a decorative element upon a top surface.
9 . The device of claim 7 wherein said strap is made from an elastic material.
10 . The device of claim 7 wherein said strap incorporates a design along its length.
11 . The device of claim 7 wherein said means for securing the decoration is a safety pin like device.
12 . The device of claim 7 wherein said means for securing the decoration is a clip.