Shoe with a high heel to low heel conversion
AssigneeHigh-Low Heel, LLC
InventorsMaria Mercedes Berberian, Allen Nejah
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Abstract
A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.
Claims19
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole including a heel receiver having a fixed hook portion extending in a rearward direction, a movable hook portion disposed opposite the fixed hook portion and extending in a forward direction, and an actuator configured to move the movable hook portion between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a first heel portion and a second heel portion, each of the first and second heel portions having a first recess configured to engage the fixed hook portion and a second recess configured to engage the movable hook portion, such that, when the respective heel portion is engaged with the heel receiver:
- (a) the respective heel portion is secured to the heel receiver when the movable hook portion is in the extended position, and (b) the respective heel portion is releasable from the heel receiver when the movable hook portion is in the retracted position;
- wherein the article of footwear is transitionable between a first configuration, in which the first heel portion is secured to the heel receiver of the sole, and a second configuration, in which the second heel portion is secured to the heel receiver of the sole.
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole including a heel receiver having a fixed hook portion oriented in a rearward direction, a movable hook portion disposed opposite the fixed hook portion and oriented in a forward direction, and an actuator configured to move the movable hook portion between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a first heel portion and a second heel portion, each of the first and second heel portions having a first lip configured to engage the fixed hook portion and a second lip configured to engage the movable hook portion;
- wherein the article of footwear is transitionable between a first configuration, in which the first heel portion is secured to the heel receiver of the sole, and a second configuration, in which the second heel portion is secured to the heel receiver of the sole;
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- wherein the movable hook portion is biased toward the extended position.
An article of footwear comprising:
- a sole including a heel receiver having a fixed hook portion and a movable hook portion disposed opposite the fixed hook portion, wherein the fixed hook portion and the movable hook portion extend away from each other in opposing directions, and an actuator configured to move the movable hook portion between a retracted position and an extended position;
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- a first heel portion having a first upper interface configured such that, when the first heel portion is engaged with the heel receiver:
- (a) the first heel portion is secured to the heel receiver when the movable hook portion is in the extended position, and (b) the first heel portion is releasable from the heel receiver when the movable hook portion is in the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.