Easier to Wear Shoes and Associated Methods

Abstract

A shoe that contains two zippers or two series of hook and loop strips as well as two tongues is disclosed. The zippers or two series of hook and loop strips are positioned in the location where one would typically see the eyelets from shoes located. The two tongues are present both for comfort and for aesthetics.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A shoe that comprises at least two tongues and at least two means of closing the shoe, said two means of closing the shoe comprising at least two zippers or at least two series of hook and loop strips. 
     
     
         2 . The shoe of  claim 1 , wherein the at least two zippers comprise an inner zipper and an outer zipper, the inner zipper being positioned on an inner side of a quarter and/or vamp of a shoe and the outer zipper being positioned on the outer side of the quarter and/or vamp of the shoe, with both the inner zipper and the outer zipper being positioned in a direction where eyelets on a shoe typically reside. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe of  claim 1 , wherein a first series of hook and loop strips are positioned on an inner side of the shoe and a second series of hook and loop strips being positioned on an outer side of the shoe, the inner side of the shoe being on a side that is a side where an instep of a wearer is and the outer side of the shoe being on a side of the shoe where an outside of a foot is each of the first series of hook and loops strips and the second series of hook and loop strips being positioned in a location and direction where eyelets on a shoe typically reside. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe of  claim 2 , wherein the inner zipper and the outer zipper are positioned substantially vertically. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe of  claim 4  wherein the inner zipper and the outer zipper each have a slider, elements, and a tape and when the inner zipper and outer zipper are zipped, the slider is near a top of the shoe. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe of  claim 4  wherein the inner zipper and the outer zipper have a slider, elements, and a tape and when the inner zipper and outer zipper are zipped, the slider is near a bottom of the shoe. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe of  claim 4 , further comprising an additional zipper, which is at a back of the shoe. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe of  claim 3 , wherein hooks are present on a first hook and loop strip and loops are present on a second hook and loop strip, the first hook and loop strip and the second hook and loop strip positioned so that the first hook and loop strip and the second hook and loop strip attach to each other when pressed together. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe of  claim 3 , wherein the first series of hook and loop strips comprise a first hook and loop strip and a second hook and loop strip wherein the first hook and loop strip is on an inner surface of an outer tongue and the second hook and loop strip is on an outer surface of a vamp and/or quarter of the shoe. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe of  claim 5 , wherein the slider and elements are made of metal or plastic. 
     
     
         11 . The shoe of  claim 1 , further comprising an additional zipper or an additional series of hook and loop strips. 
     
     
         12 . The shoe of  claim 11 , further comprising the additional zipper. 
     
     
         13 . The shoe of  claim 12 , wherein the additional zipper is positioned at a back of the shoe. 
     
     
         14 . The shoe of  claim 11 , further comprising the additional series of hook and loop strips. 
     
     
         15 . The shoe of  claim 1 , wherein the at least two tongues comprise an inner tongue and an outer tongue, the inner tongue positioned so as to abut against a foot and under a vamp and/or quarter, and the outer tongue positioned so as to be positioned over the inner tongue or over the vamp and/or quarter. 
     
     
         16 . The shoe of  claim 1 , wherein the outer tongue is positioned so as to abut against the vamp and/or quarter of the shoe. 
     
     
         17 . A shoe comprising at least two tongues and at least two means of closing the shoe, said two means of closing the shoe comprising at least two zippers, said at least two tongues comprising an inner tongue and an outer tongue, the inner tongue positioned so as to abut against a foot of a wearer, the outer tongue positioned so as to abut against an outside surface of the inner tongue or the outside surface of a vamp and/or quarter, the two zippers comprising an inside zipper and an outside zipper, the inside zipper operationally connected to and positioned on an instep side of the vamp and/or quarter, the outer zipper operational connected to and positioned on the vamp and/or quarter on a side opposite the instep side. 
     
     
         18 . A shoe comprising at least two tongues and at least two means of closing the shoe, said two means of closing the shoe comprising at least two series of hook and loop strips, said two tongues comprising an inner tongue and an outer tongue, the inner tongue positioned so as to abut against a foot of a wearer, the outer tongue positioned so as to abut against an outside surface of the inner tongue or the outside surface of a vamp and/or quarter, the two series of hook and loop strips comprising an inside series of hook and loop strips and an outside series of hook and loop strips, the inside series of hook and loop strips operationally connected to and positioned on an instep side of the vamp and/or quarter, the outer series of hook and loop strips operational connected to and positioned on the vamp and/or quarter on a side opposite the instep side. 
     
     
         19 . The shoe of  claim 18 , wherein the at least two zippers comprise a slider, elements, and a tape, wherein the slider and the elements are made of metal or plastic. 
     
     
         20 . The shoe of  claim 19 , wherein the shoe also comprises at least one zipper.