Patent 10499710 was granted and assigned to Nike, Inc. on December, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A shoe having a toe portion, a heel portion and first and second sides, the shoe including a sole, an upper and a closing mechanism extending from a top portion of the upper down along the first side of the shoe and then horizontally between the sole and the upper around the toe portion, around the second side and around the heel portion.