Combination plush slipper with integral dressable character

Abstract

A slipper having a sole and a foot covering that transforms into a toy play character by coupling the sole to the foot covering. The toy character may take the form of an animal, a human figure, or an imaginary, or abstract character, or other object. The transforming slipper toy may be made of plush material and having a head and torso extending upward from the foot covering. Conveniently, the character can be dressable where the toy clothing item can be coupled to the character using Velcro.RTM., button or snap fasteners, hooks, a zipper.RTM. or string. The sole may also have a pocket for receiving a heel portion of the sole whereby the sole and the foot covering are united.

1 . A dressable slipper comprising: 
 a sole portion;    a foot covering upper portion attached to the sole portion defining a cavity for receiving a wearer's foot where the foot covering upper portion has an opening for inserting a wearer's foot there through and into the cavity;    a character having a head and torso integrally attached to the foot covering upper portion extending upward from a toe portion of the foot covering upper portion and where said torso having articulate appendages extending from said torso and articulately attached to said torso; and    a toy clothing item having a releasable back seam and openings sufficiently sized to receive the appendages there through, where said clothing item is draped and attached about the torso by detaching the releasable seam, inserting the appendages through the openings, draping the clothing item about the torso from a front portion to a rear portion of the torso and reattaching the releasable seam along the rear of the torso.    
     
     
         2 . The slipper as recited in  claim 1 , where the character is a stuffed plush animal.  
     
     
         3 . The slipper as recited in  claim 1 , where the articulate appendages extending from the torso are representative of arms and the toy clothing item is a shirt.  
     
     
         4 . A dressable slipper comprising: 
 a sole portion;    a foot covering upper portion attached to the sole portion defining a cavity for receiving a wearer's foot where the foot covering upper portion has an opening for inserting a wearer's foot there through and into the cavity;    a character having a torso integrally attached to the foot covering upper portion extending upward from a toe portion of the foot covering upper portion and where said torso having articulate appendages extending from said torso and articulately attached to said torso; and    a toy shirt clothing item having a releasable back seam and openings sufficiently sized to receive the appendages there through, where said clothing item is draped and attached about the torso by detaching the releasable seam, inserting the appendages through the openings, draping the clothing item about the torso from a front portion to a rear portion of the torso and reattaching the releasable seam along the rear of the torso.    
     
     
         5 . The slipper as recited in  claim 4 , where the character is a stuffed plush animal.  
     
     
         6 . The slipper as recited in  claim 4 , where the articulate appendages extending from the torso are representative of arms and the toy clothing item is a shirt having decorative indicia.  
     
     
         7 . A dressable slipper comprising: 
 a sole portion;    a foot covering upper portion attached to the sole portion defining a cavity for receiving a wearer's foot where the foot covering upper portion has an opening for inserting a wearer's foot there through and into the cavity;    a character having a head and torso integrally attached to the foot covering upper portion extending upward from a toe portion of the foot covering upper portion and where said torso having articulate appendages extending from said torso and articulately attached to said torso and frontal articulate appendages extending from a front portion of the toe portion and articulately attached to the front portion with frontal articulating joints; and    a first toy clothing item having a releasable back seam and first openings sufficiently sized to receive the appendages there through, where said first clothing item is draped and attached about the torso by detaching the releasable seam, inserting the appendages through the first openings, draping the clothing item about the torso from a front portion to a rear portion of the torso and reattaching the releasable seam along the rear of the torso; and    a second toy clothing item having second openings sufficiently sized to receive the frontal appendages there through, where said second clothing item is draped and attached about the frontal appendages by inserting the appendages through the second openings.    
     
     
         8 . The slipper as recited in  claim 7 , where the character is a stuffed plush animal.  
     
     
         9 . The slipper as recited in  claim 7 , where the articulate appendages extending from the torso are representative of arms and the first toy clothing item is a shirt and the second toy clothing item is a pair of pants.  
     
     
         10 . A dressable slipper comprising: 
 a sole portion;    a foot covering upper portion attached to the sole portion defining a cavity for receiving a wearer's foot where the foot covering upper portion has an opening for inserting a wearer's foot there through and into the cavity;    a character having a head and torso integrally attached to the foot covering upper portion extending upward from a toe portion of the foot covering upper portion and where said torso having first articulate appendages extending from said torso and articulately attached to said torso and second articulate appendages extending from the head of the character and articulately attached to the head with head articulating joints; and    a first toy clothing item having a releasable back seam and first openings sufficiently sized to receive the appendages there through, where said first clothing item is draped and attached about the torso by detaching the releasable seam, inserting the appendages through the first openings, draping the clothing item about the torso from a front portion to a rear portion of the torso and reattaching the releasable seam along the rear of the torso; and    a second toy clothing item having second openings sufficiently sized to receive the head appendages there through, where said second clothing item is draped and attached about the head appendages by inserting the head appendages through the second openings.    
     
     
         11 . The slipper as recited in  claim 10 , where the character is a stuffed plush animal.  
     
     
         12 . The slipper as recited in  claim 10 , where the articulate appendages extending from the torso are representative of arms and the first toy clothing item is a shirt and the second toy clothing item is a cap.