Adjustable Footwear Having Interchangeable Panels
AssigneeKadima Forward Inc.
InventorMichele Boal
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Abstract
The footwear includes a base having a toe portion, a heel portion opposing the toe portion, a base left and right side, and a bottom surface to engage the ground when worn by a user. The footwear additionally includes a base top surface opposing the base bottom surface, a toe box permanently coupled to the toe portion of the base at the top surface, and a counter permanently coupled to the heel portion of the base at the top surface. The footwear further includes a left and right support structure permanently coupled to the top surface of the base between the toe box and the counter on each side of the base, and a detachable left and right panel configured to detachably connect to the respective left and right support structure.
Claims19
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Footwear comprising:
- a base comprising a base top surface, the base top surface comprising one or more channels;
- and
- one or more detachably interchangeable panels, each of the one or more detachably interchangeable panels configured to detachably connect to the base top surface via a respective slider configured to slide into a corresponding channel of the one or more channels on the base top surface.
A method, comprising:
- attaching a first detachable panel to a corresponding first side of a shoe using one or more of a first set of connection mechanisms embedded within the first side of the first detachable panel and a first set of receiving connection mechanisms embedded within the first side of the shoe;
- and
- attaching a second detachable panel to a corresponding second side of the shoe distinct from the first side of the shoe using one or more of a second set of connection mechanisms embedded within the second detachable panel and a second set of receiving connection mechanisms embedded within the second side of the shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.