US 5,058,290 AGranted

Shoe construction with self seating removable heel

OwnerTimothy Koehl, Joseph Mackenrothinventors

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Abstract

A high heel shoe with a self seating removable heel portion includes a shoe body having a sole portion with a toe and a heel area, the heel area being elevated substantially above the toe area so that the shoe sole is inclined between the toe and the heel and at the heel area. The heel portion of the shoe sole has a socket with a forwardly facing open end and a closed rear end, the socket having a side wall forming a continuous dove-tail joint portion. The high heel has an enlarged upper end portion with an inclined upper surface and a dove-tail locking member extends upwardly from the high heel upper end portion inclined surface, the locking member including a pedestal with a dove-tail side wall that corresponds to and registers with the socket so that the heel can be attached to the socket by moving the heel pedestal into the socket into a fore to aft direction, and wherein the heel is constantly loaded rearwardly during use insuring a seating of the heel upon the socket during use.

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Dependent claims

A high heel shoe with self seating removable heel portion comprising:

(a) a shoe body having a sole with a toe and a heel area, the heel area being elevated substantially above the toe area so that the shoe sole is inclined between the toe and heel and at the heel area;
(b) the heel portion of the shoe sole having a socket with a forwardly facing open end and a closed rear end, the socket having a beveled side wall forming a dove-tail joint portion;
(c) a removable high heel having an enlarged upper end portion with an inclined upper surface;
(d) a locking member extending upwardly form the high heel upper end portion inclined surface, the locking member including a pedestal with a beveled, dove-tail side wall that corresponds to and registers with the socket so that the heel can be attached to the socket by moving the heel pedestal into the socket in a fore to aft direction;
(e) the pedestal and socket being correspondingly sized and hidden within the heel upon assembly and loaded during walking to continuously force the pedestal into the socket;
and
(f) the connection of the heel to the shoe body forming an unbroken exterior line defining a plane generally parallel to the upper surface of the high heel;
(g) wherein the pedestal is removably affixed to the high heel;
and
(h) wherein there are two layers of shock absorbing material including a first layer that is disposed beneath the pedestal and a second layer that is disposed peripherally about the pedestal.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.