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US 6,021,586 AGranted
Adjustable heel assembly and shoe including the same
OwnerGladys Lopez Bucalo, Brian D. Bucaloinventors
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Abstract
A shoe having an upper, a sole and an adjustable heel assembly including a first heel member connected to the sole at a rear portion thereof and a second heel member arranged at least partially within the first heel member. The second heel member is movable relative to the first member between a first position in which the first and second heel members provide the heel with a first height and a second position in which the first and second heel members provide the heel with a second height greater than the first height. In the first position of the second heel member, the second heel member is arranged partially within the first heel member whereas in the second position of the second heel member, the second heel member is arranged below the first heel member.
Claims22
A shoe comprising
- a sole,
- an upper arranged in connection with and above said sole, and
- a heel arranged below said sole, said heel comprising
- a first, downwardly oriented heel member arranged at a rear portion of and connected to said sole, said first heel member having an interior compartment,
- a second heel member arranged in connection with said first heel member, said second heel member being movable relative to said first member between a first position in which said first heel member and said second heel member provide the heel with a first height and a second position in which said first heel member and said second heel member provide the heel with a second height greater than the first height, said second heel member when in said first position being positionable at least partially within said interior compartment of said first heel member, said first heel member having a first set of at least two vertically spaced apertures and said second heel member having a first elongate, inwardly extending hole in a peripheral surface,
- an elongate pin arranged in said first hole, and
- biasing means for biasing said pin arranged in said first hole in a direction outward from said first hole such that said pin arranged in said first hole is at least partially outside of said first hole and extends through a respective one of said at least two apertures in said first set when said second heel member is in said first and second positions.
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A shoe comprising
- a sole,
- an upper arranged in connection with and above said sole, and
- a heel aranged below said sole, said heel comprising
- a first, downwardly oriented heel member arranged at a rear portion of and connected to said sole, said first heel member having an interior compartment,
- a second heel member positionable at least partially within said interior compartment of said first heel member, and
- displacement means for enabling displacement of said second heel member relative to said first member such that said second heel member is movable between a first position in which said first heel member and said second heel member provide the heel with a first height and a second position in which said first heel member and said second heel member provide the heel with a second height greater than the first height,
- said displacement means comprising
- said first heel member having a first set of at least two vertically spaced apertures,
- said second heel member having a first elongate, inwardly extending hole in a peripheral surface,
- an elongate pin arranged in said first hole, and
- biasing means for biasing said pin arranged in said first hole in a direction outward from said first hole such that said pin arranged in said first hole is at least partially outside of said first hole and extends through a respective one of said apertures in said first set when said second heel member is in said second position.
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A heel for a shoe comprising
- a first, downwardly oriented heel member arranged at a rear portion of and connected to said sole, said first heel member having an interior compartment,
- a second heel member arranged in connection with said first heel member, said second heel member being movable relative to said first member between a first position in which said first heel member and said second heel member provide the heel with a first height and a second position in which said first heel member and said second heel member provide the heel with a second height greater than the first height, said second heel member when in said first position being positionable at least partially within said interior compartment of said first heel member, said first heel member having a first set of at least two vertically spaced apertures and said second heel member having a first elongate, inwardly extending hole in a peripheral surface,
- a elongate pin arranged in said first hole, and
- biasing means for biasing said pin in a direction outward from said first hole such that said pin is at least partially outside of said first hole and extends through a respective one of said at least two apertures in said first set when said second heel member is in said first and second positions.
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