Footwear integrated strapless spur system
OwnerKelly Harrison, David Schneiderinventors
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Abstract
A strapless spur system having a retainer attached to a boot or other footwear, a detachable base with a spring loaded plunger for secure attachment and detachment of the base to the retainer on the footwear. A preferred embodiment includes a mechanism built into the base which releasably engages the spur. The mechanism may be a spring lock which engages a void on the retainer. The spur assembly may have an upward or downward configured spur and the spur assembly may be engaged to the footwear with any of a number of reciprocal mating configurations.
Claims19
A strapless spur system comprising:
- a retainer vertically fixed into an upper of an article of footwear;
- a spur assembly comprising a spur connected to a base for attachment to said retainer;
- a spring biased plunger pin in said base for releasable engagement of said spur assembly to a void in said retainer;
- wherein the base and retainer have a reciprocal cross sectional configuration for engagement to each other;
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- wherein said spur assembly can engage the retainer with the spur in a top position so that the spur projects from the strapless spur system at an upper position or can engage the retainer in a bottom position so that the spur projects from the strapless spur system in a lower position.
A strapless spur system comprising:
- a retainer fixed into an upper of an article of footwear;
- a spur assembly having a spur and a base for stable attachment to said retainer;
- a spring biased plunger pin in said base for stable attachment of said base to said retainer;
- said base and said retainer each having a reciprocal cross sectional configuration to engage each other;
- said plunger pin being adapted for stable engagement into a void in said retainer;
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- said spur assembly engaging the retainer with the spur in a top position so that the spur projects from the strapless spur system at an upper position or said spur assembly engaging the retainer in a bottom position so that the spur projects from the strapless spur system in a lower position.
A strapless spur system comprising:
- a retainer fixed into an upper of an article of footwear;
- a spur assembly having a spur and a base for stable attachment to said retainer;
- a spring biased plunger pin in said base for stable attachment of said base and to said retainer;
- said base engages said retainer;
- said spur being adopted for stable engagement to said base;
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- said spur assembly engaging the retainer with the spur in a top position so that the spur projects from the strapless spur system at an upper position or said spur assembly engaging the retainer in a bottom position so that the spur projects from the strapless spur system in a lower position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.