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US 6,813,847 B2Granted
Boot with replaceable sole plate
OwnerRobert Workmaninventor
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Abstract
A boot has a cavity located in the bottom of the sole and a sole plate that releasably fits within this cavity. A tab located on the toe end of the sole piece fits into a slot located in the sidewall of the cavity to hold the toe end of the sole plate in the cavity. A strap is attached to the heel end of the sole plate and extends to an attachment device located on the back of the boot. The attachment device places the strap in tension to hold the heel end of the sole plate in the cavity.
Claims8
A boot comprising:
- (a) a sole having a toe end, a heel end, and a bottom surface with a thin cavity defined therein, said cavity having a peripheral sidewall;
- (b) a sole plate sized to fill said cavity, said sole plate having an outwardly facing traction surface;
- (c) a slot defined in said peripheral sidewall proximate said toe end of said sole;
- (d) a tab located on said sole plate which fits snugly into said slot when said sole plate is placed into said cavity;
- (e) a strap which is attached to said sole plate proximate the heel end of said outer sole;
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- (f) an attachment device located on the boot which receives said strap and places said strap in tension to hold said sole plate in said cavity at the heel end of said sole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.