Rearwardly opening pocketed athletic shoe

Abstract

Abstract In an athletic, casual, or other form of footwear, constructed having a vamp, sole, quarter, and counter portions, all fabricated into the shoe structure, and incorporating a shoe tongue therewith, the quarter portion(s) for the footwear is fabricated of a pair of liners, the normal inner liner forming the standard quarter portion structure, with an overlying outer liner disposed thereon, arranging in an intermediate spacing therein, and which may function as a pocket for the deposition of personal items, such as keys, coins, or the like therein. Closure means, such as hook and pile fastening members may be provided proximate the rearward edges of the two fabricated liners, forming the shoe quarter portion, to assure a closure for the pocket when required, and the eyestay fabricated into the shoe quarter portion structure may extend angularly downwardly, in order to add reinforcement for the pocket structure particularly at that location where it is repeatedly pulled open, as when items may be arranged within the pocket structure, or removed therefrom. The shoe gusset or tongue may likewise be fabricated of a pair of liners, forming a pocket therein, so as to add a supplementary pocket to the footwear structure for securement of various items therein, as during shoe usage.

Inventors

• 👤 Robert J. Gamm

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