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.
Claims18
A male member for locking with and unlocking from a female receptor, the male member comprising:
- a planar handle having first and second parallel surfaces graspable for locking and unlocking the male member from the female receptor;
- an arbor being in alignment with the planar handle, the central longitudinal axis of the arbor lying in the same plane as the handle;
- a catch apparatus extending from and connected to a lower portion of the arbor;
- a slidable member having an opening to receive the arbor for slidable movement of the slidable member along a length of the arbor between a lower portion of the planar handle and the catch apparatus, the slidable member further comprises upper and lower surfaces;
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- the male member locking with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, the male member unlocking from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, the slidable member and the planar handle formed to release the male member from the female receptor, and the first and second parallel surfaces of the planar handle oriented perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces of the slidable member.
A male member for locking with and unlocking from a female receptor, the male member comprising:
- a rectangular shaped planar handle having first and second parallel surfaces graspable for locking and unlocking the male member from the female receptor;
- an arbor being in alignment with substantially parallel to the planar handle, the central longitudinal axis of the arbor lying in the same plane as the handle;
- a catch apparatus extending from and connected to a lower portion of the arbor;
- a slidable member having an opening to receive the arbor for slidable movement of the slidable member along a length of the arbor between a lower portion of the planar handle and the catch apparatus, the slidable member further comprises upper and lower surfaces;
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- the male member locking with the female receptor by moving the male member with respect to the female receptor in a first direction, the male member unlocking from the female receptor by moving the male member an additional distance further in the first direction, and the slidable member and the rectangular shaped planar handle formed to release the male member from the female receptor, and the first and second parallel surfaces of the planar handle oriented perpendicular to the upper and lower surfaces of the slidable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.