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.
Claims20
An article of footwear, comprising:
- a sole having an insole and an outsole, and an outer layer on a rear portion of the outsole, wherein the outer layer is not present on a toe portion of the outsole, and wherein the outer layer is more rigid than the outsole;
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- an upper clamped to the sole by one or more clamp plates, wherein each of the one or more clamp plates includes first mating features configured to mate with corresponding second mating features in the sole via corresponding apertures in the upper.
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear, the method comprising:
- aligning first apertures of an upper with corresponding first mating features of a sole;
- clamping the upper to the sole using a clamp plate, wherein the clamp plate includes second mating features configured to mate with the first mating features through the apertures of the upper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.