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US 10,244,814 B2Granted
Modular shoe with interchangeable components and method of attachment
AssigneeFlop Girl, LLC
InventorKara McNamara-Schwartz
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Abstract
The modular shoe assembly described herein has a removable heel band. This allows a user to customize the shoe in limitless ways, as the heel bands can have any variety of colors, patterns, prints, embossments, or other ornamental decorations such as beads or pearls. The shoe assembly may be a sandal, ballet shoe, loafer, boot, or similar design.
Claims11
A modular shoe assembly, comprising:
- a sole comprising a front end, a heel end, a top surface, and a bottom surface;
- and
- a heel connected to the bottom surface of the sole, at the heel end;
- wherein the heel further comprises:
- a base, the base having a heel upper surface connected to the bottom surface of the sole, a heel bottom surface on an opposite side of the base from the upper surface, a front, a back, and lateral sides, wherein the front side of the base has routed corners;
- and
- a heel band removably connected to the base,
- wherein the heel band has two ends, and a rib on an interior surface of the heel band at each end, so that each of the ribs sit in the routed corners at the front of the base.
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