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US 4,805,320 AGranted
Shoe with exchangeable heel
OwnerTzvika Y. Goldenberg, Avraham Y. Leviinventors
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Abstract
An article of footware comprising a shoe having a removable and replaceable heel. Attached to the sole surface of the shoe's upper is a outwardly projecting shaft which is adapted to fit into an internal bore formed in the core of the shoe's heel member. A latch mechanism is provided for inhibiting unintended separation of the heel from the upper.
Claims7
In a shoe of the type having an upper and a heel attached to said upper, the improvement comprising:
- (a) a rigid pin member projecting outwardly and generally perpendicular to the sole portion of said upper proximate the location at which the heel joins the upper and said heel includes an internal bore for receiving said pin member;
- (b) manually operable latch means for releasibly locking said pin member within said internal bore, said latch means comprising a strip member having an aperture extending through the thickness dimension thereof, said strip member fitted into a laterally extending recess in said heel with the portion thereof including said aperture being located within said bore in said heel, said pin member fitting through said aperture;
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- (c) means for normally biasing said strip member out of perpendicular alignment with said pin member to prevent relative movement of said heel relative to said upper, the application of a force overcoming said biasing means positioning said strip in perpendicular alignment with said pin member whereby said heel is removable from said pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.