Changeable top lift heel system
OwnerEL A. Pandainventor
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Abstract
A footwear heel assembly coupling a top lift and heel, comprises a shaft having opposite ends, a top lift insert coupled to the top lift, a heel insert positioned in the heel, a stop positioned in the heel, and a compressible elastic member positioned in the heel between the heel insert and the stop. The shaft ends are received in the top lift insert and stop. The top lift insert and the heel insert are slidingly coupled by the shaft, and have complementary teeth configured for interlocking engagement. The compressible elastic member biases the stop away from the heel insert, and urges the top lift insert teeth toward interlocking engagement with the heel insert teeth which prevents rotation of the top lift relative to the heel.
Claims17
1-20. (canceled)
A heel system for coupling a heel and a top lift of a footwear, the heel system comprising:
- a heel insert coupled to the heel, and having a first end;
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- a top lift insert coupled to the top lift, and having a second end;
- wherein the engagement of the first and second ends prevents rotation of the top lift insert relative to the heel insert.
A heel system for a footwear, comprising:
- a top lift having a top lift cavity;
- a heel having a heel bore;
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- a heel assembly coupling the top lift and the heel, the heel assembly comprising:
- a shaft having opposite first and second shaft ends;
- a top lift insert positioned in the top lift cavity, and having a top lift insert end, wherein the top lift insert is coupled to the first shaft end;
- a heel insert positioned in the heel bore, the heel insert comprising a channel, and first and second heel insert ends, wherein the channel extends through the heel insert and is sized and shaped to slidably receive the shaft and rotatably couple the top lift insert and heel insert;
- a stop positioned in the heel bore and having a stop bore sized and shaped to receive the shaft second end;
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- a compressible elastic member positioned in the heel between the heel insert second end and the stop, the compressible elastic member biasing the stop away from the heel insert and urging the top lift insert end to reversibly engage the first heel insert end;
- wherein the engagement of the top lift insert end and first heel insert end prevents the rotation of the top lift relative to the heel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.