Patent ID: 9242169
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A43B,A63C

Claim Text:
1. An article of footwear, comprising: a sole including a forefoot portion and a heel portion; an opening formed in a bottom surface of the heel portion to accommodate a wheel; a mounting structure provided in the opening, the mounting structure including opposing recesses to engage opposing ends of an axle of the wheel; and an elastically deformable tension member to removably secure the axle in the opposing recesses, wherein the mounting structure is to mount the wheel such that, in use by a user, in a non-rolling mode a primary contact of the article of footwear with a ground is provided by the forefoot portion of the sole and as such the article of footwear does not roll and, in a rolling mode, the wheel provides the primary contact with the ground, and wherein a change from the rolling mode to the non-rolling mode is caused by a transfer in weight of the user from the forefoot portion to the heel portion.