Adjustable high heel
OwnerNghi Nguyeninventor
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Abstract
An adjustable height shoe can include a shoe shank member extending between a heel end to a toe end of the shoe. A heel member can be removably attachable, at an attachment end thereof, to the shoe shank member. The attachment end of the heel member is insertable into the shoe shank member in a first direction to create a first shoe configuration and the attachment end of the heel member is insertable into the shoe shank member in a second direction to create a second shoe configuration. The shoe can further include a shoe shank member hole and one or more heel member holes that can align with each other when the attachment end of the heel member is inserted into the shoe shank member. A connector can fit into the aligned holes to maintain a connection between the shoe shank member and the heel member.
Claims20
A shoe comprising:
- a shoe shank member extending between a heel end to a toe end of the shoe;
- a heel member including an attachment end and a base end opposite the attachment end, the heel member removably attachable, at the attachment end thereof, to the shoe shank member, wherein:
- the attachment end of the heel member is insertable into the shoe shank member in a first direction to create a first shoe configuration;
- the attachment end of the heel member is insertable into the shoe shank member in a second direction to create a second shoe configuration;
- the heel member is capable of supporting the shoe in at least one upright position in both of the first and second shoe configurations;
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- the base end of the heel member is disposed rearward of the attachment end of the heel member in both of the first and second shoe configurations.
An adjustable height high heel shoe comprising:
- a shoe shank member extending between a heel end to a toe end of the high heel shoe;
- a heel member including an attachment end and a base end opposite the attachment end, the heel member removably attachable, at the attachment end thereof, to the shoe shank member, wherein:
- the attachment end of the heel member is user insertable into the shoe shank member in a first direction to create a first shoe configuration;
- the attachment end of the heel member is user insertable into the shoe shank member in a second direction to create a second shoe configuration;
- the first shoe configuration creating a first heel height less than a second heel height in the second shoe configuration;
- the heel member is capable of supporting the high heel shoe in at least one upright position in both of the first and second shoe configurations;
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- the base end of the heel member is disposed rearward of the attachment end of the heel member in both of the first and second shoe configurations.
A method of changing a height of a high heel shoe, comprising:
- removably inserting an attachment end of a heel member into a bottom portion of a shoe shank member in a first direction, the shoe shank member extending between a heel end to a toe end of the high heel shoe, wherein the resulting high heel shoe has a first heel height, the heel member is capable of supporting the high heel shoe in at least a first upright position, and a base end of the heel member, opposite the attachment end of the heel member, is disposed rearward of the attachment end of the heel member;
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- removably inserting the attachment end of the heel member into the bottom portion of the shoe shank member in a second direction, wherein the resulting high heel shoe has a second heel height greater than the first heel height, the heel member is capable of supporting the high heel shoe in at least a second upright position, and the base end of the heel member is disposed rearward of the attachment end of the heel member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.