Ornamental upper sandal straps for the display of logos or text

Abstract

An ornamental sandal, with cut outs of text, symbols, logos, or designs on the upper strap to allow penetration of the exposed cut out areas of the epidermal skin on the foot surface to the sun's ultraviolet rays to produce a temporary tanned tattoo-like effect on the skin after the sandals are removed from the feet. The user of the sandal has the option to choose the type of text, symbol, logo, or design when purchasing the sandal. Alternatively, the user may interchange upper straps to display preferred text, symbol, logo, or design of choice to suit the occasion, or have sandals custom made to the user's specifications.

1 . A sandal with cut outs on the upper strap to permit the sun's ultraviolet rays to penetrate the skin epidermis on the foot surface to create a tanned temporary tattooed effect on the skin 
     
     
         2 . A sandal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the cut outs on the upper strap are one of either, a text, symbol, logo, or design. 
     
     
         3 . A sandal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the sandal may be an open-toe shoe. 
     
     
         4 . A sandal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein, the upper strap with the cut outs of said text, symbol, logo, or design may be preferentially interchanged with the sole of the said sandal. 
     
     
         5 . A sandal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the upper strap and sole of the sandal may be constructed of material including but not limited to, ethylene vinyl acetate, rubber, cloth, leather, polyurethanes, foam, foamed rubber, or plastic. 
     
     
         6 . A sandal as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the cutouts are produced from specialized dies or molds or by means of water jet cutting of the materials to produce the desired texts, symbols, logos, or designs. 
     
     
         7 . A method of creating temporary tattoo's of text, symbols, logos, or designs on the epidermal skin of the foot surface, said method comprising the steps of:
 wearing a sandal or open toe shoe with cutouts of text, symbols, logos, or designs on the upper strap of said sandals or open toe shoes;   exposing the feet to the sun's ultraviolet rays for a period of time so as to produce a tan on the exposed skin surface within the cut outs; and   removing the sandals or open toe shoes to reveal the tanned tattooed effect created by the cut out text, symbols, logos, or designs on the surface skin of the user's feet.