Shoe with interchangeable upper
AssigneeSolely Jane Holdings, LLC
InventorsCindy Fogarty, Nate Finlay, Jennie Drew Platt, Douglas M. Hintze, Connor R. Wright, Christopher R. Huntington, Jonothan D. DiPeri
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Abstract
A shoe includes a base and an upper. The base is configured to contact a ground and includes a groove. The upper is configured to extend over a foot of a user. The upper includes a rail configured to be inserted into the groove to connect the upper to the base. The groove and the rail cooperatively form a detent that is configured to selectively inhibit relative movement between the rail and the groove when the rail is fully inserted into the groove.
Claims19
A shoe comprising:
- a base configured to contact a ground, the base including a groove, the groove including a recess;
- and
- an upper configured to extend over a foot of a user, the upper including a rail, the rail comprising an elastic member and being configured to be inserted into the groove to connect the upper to the base,
- wherein the recess and the elastic member cooperatively form a detent that is configured to selectively inhibit relative movement between the rail and the groove when the rail is fully inserted into the groove.
An interchangeable shoe comprising:
- a base;
- an upper;
- and
- an attachment configured to releasably attach the upper to the base, the attachment including:
- a groove in the base, wherein the groove includes a first portion of a detent;
- and
- a rail attached to the upper that is configured to be inserted into and removed from the groove, wherein the rail includes a second portion of the detent that is configured to mate with the first portion of the detent.
A modular shoe comprising:
- a base configured to support a weight of a user, the base including a groove, wherein the groove includes a geometric feature;
- and
- an upper configured to extend over a foot of the user, the upper including a rail configured to be inserted into the groove to releasably couple the upper to the base, wherein:
- the rail includes a toe portion, and
- the geometric feature is configured to extend over an entirety of a width of the groove to cover the toe portion of the rail when the rail is fully inserted into the groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.