Slides and components thereof

Abstract

Footwear, such as slides, are shown and disclosed. In some embodiments, the footwear may include an insole having an insole base and at least one strap formed with the insole base. The footwear may additionally include a midsole having an elongate midsole base. The midsole may be separate and distinct from the insole. The midsole base may have an elongate cavity that receives the insole base.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Footwear, comprising:
 an insole having an insole base and at least one strap formed with the insole base; and   a midsole having an elongate midsole base, the midsole being separate and distinct from the insole, the midsole base having an elongate cavity that receives the insole base.   
     
     
         2 . The footwear of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more outsoles that are separate and distinct from the insole and the midsole, the midsole base having one or more recesses that receive and that correspond with the one or more outsoles such that the outer surface of one or more portions of the midsole base not having the one or more recesses is generally co-planar with the outer surface of the one or more outsoles. 
     
     
         3 . The footwear of  claim 2 , wherein the insole and the midsole are made of a first material and the one or more outsoles is made of a second material that is different from the first material. 
     
     
         4 . The footwear of  claim 3 , wherein the first material is ethylene vinyl acetate and the second material is rubber. 
     
     
         5 . The footwear of  claim 2 , wherein the outer surface of the one or more portions of the midsole base not having the one or more recesses includes a first traction pattern, and the outer surface of the one or more outsoles includes a second traction pattern different from the first traction pattern. 
     
     
         6 . The footwear of  claim 1 , further comprising a toe bar formed with the insole base. 
     
     
         7 . The footwear of  claim 1 , wherein the midsole base includes a heel portion having an elongate groove. 
     
     
         8 . The footwear of  claim 7 , further comprising a strip sized to be received in the elongate groove. 
     
     
         9 . The footwear of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one strap is a single vamp. 
     
     
         10 . Slides, comprising:
 an insole having an insole base and a vamp formed with the insole base;   a midsole having an elongate midsole base, the midsole being separate and distinct from the insole, the midsole base having an elongate cavity that receives the insole base; and   one or more outsoles that are separate and distinct from the insole and the midsole, the midsole base having one or more recesses that receive and that correspond with the one or more outsoles such that the outer surface of one or more portions of the midsole base not having the one or more recesses is generally co-planar with the outer surface of the one or more outsoles.   
     
     
         11 . The footwear of  claim 10 , wherein the insole and the midsole are made of a first material and the one or more outsoles is made of a second material that is different from the first material. 
     
     
         12 . The footwear of  claim 11 , wherein the first material is ethylene vinyl acetate and the second material is rubber. 
     
     
         13 . The footwear of  claim 10 , wherein the outer surface of the one or more portions of the midsole base not having the one or more recesses includes a first traction pattern, and the outer surface of the one or more outsoles includes a second traction pattern different from the first traction pattern. 
     
     
         14 . The slides of  claim 10 , further comprising a toe bar formed with the insole base. 
     
     
         15 . The slides of  claim 10 , wherein the midsole base includes a heel portion having an elongate groove.