Multifunctional slipper

Abstract

A multifunctional slipper includes a soft sole having five separate toe portions and a pair of holes defined therein near opposed side edges of the sole behind the toe portions. The sole is formed with a front strap for passing over the top of a human foot. The front strap has two opposite terminals engagable with the holes of the sole, and four spaced branches each extending therefrom between the terminals to the sole at a corresponding juncture between adjacent two of the toe portions, thereby forming five openings for receiving the toes of the foot.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A multifunctional slipper comprising: 
 a soft sole ( 10 ) having five separate toe portions ( 12 ) and a pair of holes ( 14 ) defined therein near opposed side edges of said sole ( 10 ) behind said toe portions ( 12 );    said sole ( 10 ) being formed with a front strap ( 13 ) for passing over the top of a human foot, said front strap ( 13 ) having two opposite terminals ( 131 ) engagable with said holes ( 14 ) of said sole ( 10 ); and    wherein said front strap ( 13 ) has four spaced branches ( 132 ) each extending therefrom between said terminals ( 131 ) to said sole ( 10 ) at a corresponding juncture between adjacent two of said toe portions ( 12 ), thereby forming five openings ( 17 ) for receiving the toes of said foot.    
     
     
         2 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said front strap ( 12 ) is formed integrally with said sole ( 10 ).  
     
     
         3 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said sole ( 10 ) is provided with front breaking lines ( 11 ) profiling both said five toe portions ( 12 ) and said front strap ( 13 ), and wherein said front strap ( 13 ) can be bent upward so that said terminals ( 131 ) may be engaged with said holes ( 14 ) of said sole ( 10 ), thereby forming said five openings ( 17 ) for receiving said toes of said foot.  
     
     
         4 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said front strap ( 12 ) is made separately from said sole ( 10 ) and then attached thereto.  
     
     
         5 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein said sole ( 10 ) has four apertures defined therein near said junctures between said toe portions ( 12 ), and wherein said branches ( 132 ) of said front strap ( 13 ) are engagable with said apertures of said sole ( 10 ).  
     
     
         6 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said sole ( 10 ) is further provided with a back breaking line ( 15 ) profiling a U-shaped back strap ( 16 ), and wherein said U-shaped back strap ( 16 ) has a pair of ends integrally connected with said sole ( 10 ) and thus may be bent upward.  
     
     
         7 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said sole ( 10 ) is formed with a removable U-shaped back strap, and wherein said sole ( 10 ) has a pair of orifices for receiving ends of said U-shaped back strap.  
     
     
         8 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein each of said terminals ( 131 ) terminates in a neck ( 133 ) next to an enlarged distal end ( 134 ), thereby allowing said terminals ( 131 ) to be engagable with said holes ( 14 ) of said sole ( 10 ).  
     
     
         9 . The multifunctional slipper as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said sole ( 10 ) is made from ethylene vinyl acetate.