A footwear with improved straps, which has a sole, a first strap, which has a hollow tubular strap body made from elastic plastics or rubber, a first mounting portion disposed at one end of the strap body and affixed to said sole and a second mounting portion disposed at the opposite end of the strap...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US20080052958?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080052958 - Footwear with improved straps