Fully convertible high heel-to-flat shoe

A method of producing a shoe, the method comprising:

• Providing a flexible base shoe sole, comprising:
• a toe box platform comprising a stelo receiver;
• a heel platform comprising an interlocking portion;
• and
• a flexible sole element interposed between the toe box platform and the heel platform and therefore connecting the toe box platform and the heel platform;
• providing a removable stelo comprising a rigid shank, a toe interlock, and a heel interlock, wherein the toe interlock is configured to removably interlock with the stelo receiver, and wherein the removable stelo is configured to juxtapose with an underside of the flexible sole element providing a rigid support to the flexible sole element;
• and
• providing a removable heel including a heel lock, wherein the heel lock is configured to removably interlock to the heel interlock and independently removably interlock to the interlocking portion,
• whereby the interlocking of the removable heel to the interlocking portion also attaches the heel interlock to the heel platform,
• wherein when the removable heel is interlocked with the interlocking portion and the heel interlock is attached to the heel platform, the removable heel and the stelo are attached to the flexible base shoe sole, whereby the shoe functions as a high heel shoe,
• wherein the removable heel, removable stelo, and interlocking portion are produced such that unlocking the heel lock from the interlocking portion releases the removable heel from the interlocking portion, whereby upon release the removable heel is removable from the shoe, whereby in response to removal of the removable heel from the shoe the removable stelo is also removed from the shoe as a result of the interlock of the heel lock with the heel interlock, whereby the removable and the removable stelo are detached from the flexible base shoe sole such that the flexible base shoe sole functions autonomously as a flat shoe.

A method of transforming a high heel shoe to a flat shoe, the method comprising:

• retaining a flexible base shoe sole autonomously functionable as a shoe sole for a flat shoe, comprising:
• a toe box platform comprising a stelo receiver;
• a heel platform comprising an interlocking portion;
• and
• a flexible sole element interposed between the toe box platform and the heel platform and therefore connecting the toe box platform and the heel platform;
• retaining a removable stelo comprising a rigid shank, a toe interlock, and a heel interlock, wherein the toe interlock is removably interlocked with the stelo receiver, wherein the removable stelo is juxtaposed with an underside of the flexible sole element to provide a rigid support to the flexible sole element;
• retaining a removable heel including a heel lock, wherein the heel lock is removably interlocked to the heel interlock and independently removably interlocked to the interlocking portion such that interlocking of the removable heel to the interlocking portion also attaches the heel interlock to the heel platform such that that the removable heel and the removable stelo are attached to the flexible base shoe sole, whereby the shoe is the high heel shoe;
• unlocking the heel lock from the interlocking portion, whereby the removable heel is released from the interlocking portion, whereby the removable heel is removable from the shoe;
• removing the removable heel from the high heel shoe;
• and
• in response to removing the removable heel from the shoe, removing the removable stelo from the high heel shoe as a result of the interlock of the heel lock with the heel interlock, whereby the removable heel and the removable stelo are detached from the flexible base shoe sole such that the flexible base shoe sole functions autonomously as the flat shoe.