Hidden-type convertible shoe
AssigneeConvertible Shoe, LLC
InventorFrank Gerald Pearce
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Abstract
A shoe comprising a shoe upper including a male member and a shoe sole including a female receptor for locking with the male member. The male member locks with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, which locks the shoe upper with the shoe sole. The male member unlocks from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, which unlocks the shoe upper from the shoe sole. The female receptor includes resilient arms to hold and release the male member and a stop to prevent movement of the resilient arms in a second direction.
Claims17
A female receptor for locking with and unlocking from a male member, the female receptor comprising:
- a plurality of resilient arms to hold and release the male member;
- and
- a stop to prevent movement of the plurality of resilient arms in a first direction, the female receptor locking with the male member by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a second direction, the female receptor being unlocked from the male member by moving the male member an additional distance in the second direction, the first direction is an upward direction and the second direction is a downward direction substantially opposing the upward direction.
A locking apparatus comprising:
- a female receptor;
- and
- a male member,
- the female receptor including:
- a plurality of resilient arms to hold and release the male member;
- and
- a stop to prevent movement of the plurality of resilient arms in a first direction,
- the female receptor locking with the male member by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a second direction, the female receptor being unlocked from the male member by moving the male member an additional distance in the second direction, and
- the male member including:
- a slidable member;
- and
- an arbor to allow the slidable member to slide along the arbor, the male member locking with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in the second direction, the male member unlocking from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the second direction, and the slidable member formed to release the male member from the female receptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.