A y-strap sport sandal with a unique strap system is described. The sandal strap includes a G-hook and G-Hook strap system to facilitate the comfortable adjustment of the sandal on a foot. Additional adjustments in the strap systems include a ladder buckle and a hook and loop adjustment system. The strap system is attached to a hard rubber sole to keep the sole comfortable connected to the foot during sports activities.

A sandal or slide with a base which includes a top surface upon which a human foot rests, and first and second opposed side surfaces, the first and second opposed side surfaces each having at least one pin. The sandal also has a foot cover, which is selectively detachable from the base, that includes a planar surface with a first terminal edge and a second terminal edge, and at least one receptacle defined proximate the first and second terminal edges. Each of the at least one receptacle includes an inlet, a neck connected to the inlet, and a bottom connected to the neck, such that the bottom has a protrusion, and the at least one pin engages with an end of the protrusion when the sandal is assembled.

The invention relates to foot wear that does not have the traditional coverings or attachments on the front part of the shoe, but instead have the innovative and propriety adjustable side straps 2 between the sole or bottom of the foot ware. In addition, the foot wear has a back strap 1 elevated above the heel level and a top strap 3 crossing over near the wearer's ankle. All the straps are adjustable such as by Velcro, snaps, buckles, and other adjusting and fastening means.

A sandal construction providing lightweight, highly adjustable sandals. The sandal includes an EVA midsole configured to receive the wearers footwear and an outsole configured to engage the ground. The sandal includes an upper having a heel assembly that seats the heel of the wearer's foot and a strap that retains the forward portion of the wearer's foot. The forefoot strap is a single, adjustable length strap that passes over the wearer's foot and is slidably threaded through passages in the sole. The midsole includes embedded strap inserts that define portions of the passages to receive and facilitate lengthwise movement of the strap. The strap inserts are substantially more rigid than the EVA. Each strap insert may include a web shepherding the strap across the bottom of the midsole and a pair of upright sleeves that shepherd the strap through at least a portion of the thickness of the midsole.

The invention relates to foot wear that does not have the traditional coverings or attachments on the front part of the shoe, but instead have the innovative and propriety adjustable side straps 2 between the sole or bottom of the foot ware. In addition, the foot wear has a back strap 1 elevated above the heel level and a top strap 3 crossing over near the wearer's ankle. All the straps are adjustable such as by Velcro, snaps, buckles, and other adjusting and fastening means.

The topless footwear may, for example, includes a strap behind the ankle, side straps, ankles straps, a converging section, internal struts, and tensions straps. The side straps are in longitudinal tension with anchor portions and a converging section. The converging section includes the internal struts anchored to the sole. The side straps extend rearwardly from the anchor portions to the converging section. The tension straps are in longitudinal tension with connection points and the converging section. The tensions straps extend in a forward direction from the connection points to the converging section. A topless shoe including two adjustable side straps in longitudinal tension with anchor points on a base, the anchor points being arranged proximate to a metatarsal portion of the shoe, the adjustable side straps extending longitudinally from the anchor points rearwardly along a heel strap that wraps around the back of an ankle portion.

Embodiments of the present application provide a footwear strap and a footwear having the same. An article of footwear may have a heel element located at a heel region of the footwear. A heel structural element may include an upper rear portion with an inwardly oriented convex cross-sectional curvature arranged to easily allow receiving a user's heel when donning the shoe. A portion of the convex cross-sectional curvature facing a sole structure of the footwear.

Embodiments of the present application provide a footwear strap and a footwear having the same. An article of footwear may have a strap element and a heel structural element inside the strap element. The heel structural element may have two connecting arms, each of the two connecting arms having a medial arm and a lateral arm connected with the medial arm. The lateral arm and the medial arm may be integrally molded, and the lateral arm may be connected with the upper rear portion. The footwear strap may be assembled to the footwear and a compressible layer is located on an inner side of the heel structural element, and the compressible layer entirely covers the upper rear portion, at least partially covers the medial arm and the lateral arm, and gradually tapers or terminates along the inner side of the medial arm and the inner side of the lateral arm.

A versatile footwear device is disclosed, which is a set of footwear that allows travelers to have three different types of footwear in the same item. The versatile footwear device comprises a thong sandal base component with a built-in snap or hook and loop fasteners that allow the users to convert the sandal base component to a shoe by attaching a covering. The shoe covering may be attached or detached as desired to provide the user with a versatile covering that transforms the sandals into open-backed or closed-back footwear. The coverings can be available in virtually any type of color, style, and design.

An article of footwear includes an upper including at least two straps, an adjustable connector attached to ends of the at least two straps and a pivot pin connecting the adjustable connectors to the upper, where the adjustable connectors each independently move about the pivot pin to adjust the positions of the at least two straps relative to a wearer's foot.