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US 7,726,046 · App. 12/080,564 · Granted Jun 1, 2010

Clock sandal

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,726,046
App. No.
12/080,564
Granted
Jun 1, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Clock sandal with a flexible sole plate, a pair of flexible foot retaining straps, a time keeping device and a time keeping device retaining loop. The sole plate includes a thin flexible top layer of material. The sole heal portion includes a hollow cavity which is covered by a hinged top plate. The foot retaining straps are each attached to the left and right heal portion of the sole plate. The straps join to form a single strap that is fixedly connected to the portion of the sole plate that corresponds to the space between the wearer's big toe and second toe. The time keeping device retaining loop is fixedly attached to the single strap at the strap joining location and the time keeping device is frictionally retained within the time keeping device retaining loop.

Claims (13)

1. clock sandal comprising:

a flexible sole plate;

a pair of flexible foot retaining straps;

a time keeping device;

a time keeping device retaining loop;

said sole plate including a thin flexible top layer of material:

said sole heal portion including a hollow cavity;

said hollow cavity covered by a hinged top plate;

said foot retaining straps each attached to the left and right heal portion of said sole plate and said straps joining to form a single strap that is fixedly connected to the portion of said sole plate that corresponds to the space between the wearer's big toe and second toe;

said time keeping device retaining loop fixedly attached to said single strap at said strap joining location and

said time keeping device frictionally retained within said device retaining loop.

2. Clock sandal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said hinged top plate includes a lifting tab located at the opposite side of said hinge for said top plate portion.

3. Clock sandal as claimed in claim 1 wherein said flexible top layer of material also acts as said hinge member for said top plate.

Continuity (1)
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