| 摘要 |
A foot covering of the slipper or moccasin type formed from a single sheet of pliable material comprising the entire sole and upper, a forward fold of the sheet of material forming a sheath adapted to receive the forward portion of a foot including the instep and also forming a forward extension of the sheath resulting in a tapered cap equal in length to approximately one-half the length of the foot and terminating in a substantially pointed tip, the fold having complementary edges at the shoe tip end and outer aspect of the shoe united as a seam extending at sole level from around the shoe tip and of the shoe to a point adjacent to the portion of the shoe adapted to receive the ball of the foot and then diagonally upward to the mouth of the shoe on the outer side of the instep portion; a reinforcing tongue bridges the seam at the mouth of the shoe and a first eared portion of triangular shape extends rearwardly from the sheath and spanning the forward portion of the mouth of the shoe; the sheet is also provided with a rear fold which forms the heel receiving portion of the shoe and which is closed at the rear end thereof by a continuous right-angled seam having horizontal and vertical seam portions, the vertical seam portion having a reinforcing tongue bridging its upper end, the horizontal seam portion having a lower curved portion in extension of the plane of the sole of the shoe defining an enlargement in the lower rear portion of the shoe and constituting a heel-fitting pocket, the rear fold having a second eared portion of triangular shape extending above the heel at the rear of the shoe, the two triangular eared portions being adapted to assist in pulling the shoe onto the foot.
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