Hidden-type convertible shoe
AssigneeConvertible Shoe, LLC
InventorFrank Gerald Pearce
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Abstract
A shoe comprising a shoe upper including a male member and a shoe sole including a female receptor for locking with the male member. The male member locks with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, which locks the shoe upper with the shoe sole. The male member unlocks from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, which unlocks the shoe upper from the shoe sole. The female receptor includes resilient arms to hold and release the male member and a stop to prevent movement of the resilient arms in a second direction.
Claims20
A male member for locking with and unlocking from a female receptor, the male member comprising:
- a planar handle;
- a slidable member;
- an arbor to allow the slidable member to slide along the arbor, and
- the male member locking with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, the male member unlocking from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, and the slidable member and the planar handle formed to release the male member from the female receptor.
A male member for locking with and unlocking from a female receptor, the male member comprising:
- a rectangular shaped planar handle;
- a slidable member;
- an arbor to allow the slidable member to slide along the arbor, and
- the male member locking with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, the male member unlocking from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, and the slidable member and the rectangular shaped planar handle formed to release the male member from the female receptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.