Ventilated article of footwear
OwnerRonie Reubeninventor
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Abstract
A ventilated article of footwear, a boot or a shoe, has a disconnectable footwear portion partly detachably connected to the outer contour portion of the sole of the article of footwear. One or more connectors are secured on the top surface of the sole outer contour portion adjacent the disconnectable footwear portion and actionable to disconnect and reconnect the disconnectable footwear portion to the sole outer contour portion to permit the entrance of air between the sole outer contour portion and a lower edge of the disconnectable footwear portion to ventilate at least a portion of a users foot.
Claims7
A ventilated article of footwear, said article of footwear having a disconnectable footwear portion partly detachably connected to a sole outer contour portion of said article of footwear, and a connector actionable to disconnect and reconnect said disconnectable footwear portion to said sole outer contour portion to permit the entrance of air between said sole outer contour portion and a lower edge of said disconnectable footwear portion to ventilate at least a portion of a users foot, and wherein said connector comprises an anchor cavity formed in said sole outer contour portion, an engagable bracket secured above said lower edge of said disconnectable footwear portion and having a flat metal tongue, the flat metal tongue received in the anchor cavity, a slide mechanism which slides between a retracted position to release the tongue to raise out of the cavity to provide a separation gap between the sole outer contour portion and the disconnectable footwear portion to allow ventilation and a locked orientation locking the tongue in the cavity which prevents ventilation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.