GB2305766A - Footwear for children - Google Patents

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GB2305766A
GB2305766A GB9519918A GB9519918A GB2305766A GB 2305766 A GB2305766 A GB 2305766A GB 9519918 A GB9519918 A GB 9519918A GB 9519918 A GB9519918 A GB 9519918A GB 2305766 A GB2305766 A GB 2305766A
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09B—EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS
    • G09B19/00—Teaching not covered by other main groups of this subclass
    • G09B19/0076—Body hygiene; Dressing; Knot tying
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/24—Ornamental buckles; Other ornaments for shoes without fastening function
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/0036—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design
    • A43B3/0078—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design provided with logos, letters, signatures or the like decoration
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/0036—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design
    • A43B3/0094—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use characterised by a special shape or design with means to differentiate between right and left shoe
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A43B3/30—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use specially adapted for babies or small children

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Abstract

To help children identify left and right shoes an impression of the respective hand is applied to the shoe in a position where it can be seen when the shoe is not worn.

Description

FOOTWEAR FOR CHILDREN The invention relates to footwear for children, in particular young children who cannot yet tell their left foot from their right foot.
It takes a child some time to distinguish between left and right. Children are attending nurseries at a much earlier age and the child to carer ratio is so high that the carer will not have time to put the shoes on each individual child. Children having removed their shoes for games, etc., will put them on again and will often leave the nursery with their shoes on the wrong feet. This is particularly tme in the case of pairs of shoes which look very similar. It is an object of this invention to provide means by which the young child (or a person of any age not able readily to distinguish left from right) can relate each shoe to the appropriate foot.
GB - A 2167592 published in May 1986 discloses a way of dealing with the problem by which the heel area of each shoe incorporates a picture of an animal face in profile with the intention that the child will make the heads face each other and so align the shoes in the proper left and right relation.
The invention is based on the realisation that a child can readily distinguish the profile of each hand and relate it to the respective foot.
According to the invention in one aspect there is provided a pair of items of footwear each having an impression of the respective hand in an area which is visible when the item is not wom.
With such an arrangement each child will be able to overlie the hand displayed on the shoe and match the impression of his own hand with the displayed hand.
The impression will usually show the top plan view of the hand but it may display the underside instead. The thumb may be made prominent, e.g. by making the hand in the shape of a fist.
The hand may be formed on a part of the shoe itself or be on a printed label stuck to the shoes.
In order that the invention may be well understood it will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying sketch of a top plan view of a pair of childrens shoes in the bottom of which there is impressed, (or a separate label applied) showing, the respective hands. Any child or adult capable of putting his or her shoes on the foot cannot fail to get them the right way round.

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1. A pair of items of footwear each having an impression of the respective hand which is visible when the item is not wom.
2. A pair of items of footwear according to Claim 1, in which the impression shows the top plan view of the hand.
3. A pair of items of footwear according to Claims 1 or 2, in which the impression forms part of the shoe.
4. A pair of items of footwear according to any of Claims 1,2 or 3 in which the impression is in the form of a printed label stuck on to the shoes.
5. A pair of items of footwear each having an impression of the respective hand substantially as shown in the drawings.
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US20240090623A1 (en) * 2022-09-15 2024-03-21 Robert E. Jones Left-Right Marking Footwear

Citations (4)

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US2650169A (en) * 1949-09-28 1953-08-25 Goldstein Joseph Phosphorescent coated sheet material
US3258858A (en) * 1965-10-13 1966-07-05 Jr Louis J Cariffe Articles of wearing apparel for training
GB2167592A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-05-29 Helen Marie Cooling Method and equipment for juxtaposing handed articles
US5244233A (en) * 1991-11-25 1993-09-14 Mccraney Mary M System and method to enable children to place their shoes on the correct feet

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2650169A (en) * 1949-09-28 1953-08-25 Goldstein Joseph Phosphorescent coated sheet material
US3258858A (en) * 1965-10-13 1966-07-05 Jr Louis J Cariffe Articles of wearing apparel for training
GB2167592A (en) * 1984-11-13 1986-05-29 Helen Marie Cooling Method and equipment for juxtaposing handed articles
US5244233A (en) * 1991-11-25 1993-09-14 Mccraney Mary M System and method to enable children to place their shoes on the correct feet

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US20240090623A1 (en) * 2022-09-15 2024-03-21 Robert E. Jones Left-Right Marking Footwear

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