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US 4,214,384 AGranted
Replaceable heel construction for shoes
OwnerRicardo Gonzalez R.inventor
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Abstract
A shoe has a first coupling element secured on a heel portion thereof and a second coupling element, defining a heel thereon, is slidably mounted in interlocking relationship on the first coupling element. A resilient locking tab on the second coupling element engages a locking groove formed on the first coupling element and is held in locked relationship therein by a removable wedge.
Claims5
A replaceable heel construction for shoes comprising
- a first coupling element,
- a second coupling element slidably mounted in interlocking relationship on said first coupling element and defining a shoe heel thereon,
- a flexible stem mounted in cantilevered relationship on said second coupling element, and
- means for releasably securing said second coupling element to said first coupling element comprising a locking tab formed externally on said stem and disposed in a locking groove defined on said first coupling element, and releasable wedge means for forcing said locking tab into said locking groove.
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