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US 8,505,218 B2Granted
Shoe having removable and interchangeable heel assemblies with kit
AssigneeBarbara-Jay's, LLC
InventorsBarbara-Jay Angiulo, Michael P. Rodrigues
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Abstract
A removable heel assembly, a shoe having a removable shoe assembly and kit containing a shoe body having a heel base and a plurality a assorted removable and interchangeable heels. The heel assembly includes the heel base and a removable and interchangeable heel. The removability relies upon at east two curved, tapered grooves ending in a dimple. The heel utilizes a locking connector which contains components which fit within a cavity within the heel base and which locks in place upon rotation thereof when the components engage the curved, tapered, grooves and dimple.
Claims18
A removable and interchangeable heel assembly, comprising:
- a heel base;
- said heel base having a first surface and a second surface;
- a cavity formed within said heel base and having at least an opening within said second surface of said heel assembly, said at least an opening within said second surface of said heel assembly being of a predetermined configuration;
- an inner side of said second surface, adjacent said cavity of said heel base, having at least two curved, tapered grooves, each of said tapered grooves having a greater depth at one end thereof and a lesser depth at the other end thereof, and a dimple indentation at said other end of said tapered groove;
- a heel, said heel being removably and interchangeably connected to said heel base;
- said heel having a first surface at one end thereof and a second surface at the other end thereof;
- a locking connector extending from said first surface of said heel and having a locking member of a predetermined configuration, said predetermined configuration of said locking member being substantially the same size as said predetermined size of said opening in said heel base;
- said locking member having an undersurface including at least two biased components extending therefrom, each of said at least two biased components being configured such that it substantially, at least partially fits within said tapered groove and dimple indentation;
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- said removable and interchangeable heel being rotatable within said cavity of said heel base, wherein upon insertion of said locking member within said opening until said first surface of said heel engages said second surface of said heel base, and upon rotation of said heel, each of said at least two biased components move within a respective, said curved, tapered groove from a greater depth to the lesser depth until each of said at least two biased components is biased within a respective, dimple indentation to lock the heel in place.
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A shoe, comprising:
- a shoe body;
- a heel assembly attached to a heel portion of said shoe body;
- said heel assembly including a heel base;
- said heel base having a first surface and a second surface, said first surface of said heel base attached adjacent to an exterior of said heel portion of said shoe body;
- a cavity formed within said heel base, said cavity having at least an opening within said second surface of said heel assembly, said at least an opening in said second surface being of a predetermined configuration;
- an inner side of said second surface of said heel base having at least two curved, tapered grooves, each of said tapered grooves having a greater depth at one end thereof and a lesser depth at the other end thereof, and a dimple indentation at said other end of said tapered groove;
- a heel, said heel being removably and interchangeably connected to said heel base;
- said heel having a first surface at one end thereof and a second surface at the other end thereof;
- a locking connector extending from said first surface of said heel and having a locking member of a predetermined configuration, said predetermined configuration of said locking member being substantially the same size as said predetermined size of said opening in said second heel base;
- said locking member having an undersurface including at least two biased components extending therefrom, each of said at least two biased components being configured such that it substantially at least partially fits within each said tapered groove and dimple indentation;
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- said removable and interchangeable heel being rotatable within said cavity of said heel base, where upon insertion of said locking member within said opening until said first surface of said heel engages said second surface of said heel base, and upon rotation of said heel, each of said at least two biased components move within a respective, said curved, tapered groove from a greater depth to the lesser depth until each of said at least two biased component is biased within the respective, dimple indentation to lock the heel in place.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.