Patent ID: 9474322
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A43B

Claim Text:
1. A system for providing an interchangeable shoe base and a shoe sole, said shoe base having an upper, foot-holding section and a substantially flat-bottom planar surface, said shoe sole having a floor-engaging bottom surface and a substantially flat top surface, said shoe base and said shoe sole integrating to form a complete wearable shoe comprising: a first channel mechanism longitudinally and axially secured to said flat bottom surface of said shoe base, said channel mechanism having a pair of inwardly extending rails forming a sliding track and located a small distance from said flat bottom surface, said rails having resilient inwardly directed spring-like flanges with spaced gaps projecting inwardly; a second channel mechanism longitudinally and axially secured to said flat top surface of said shoe sole, said second channel mechanism having a pair of outwardly directed rails which slidingly mate with said inwardly extending rails of said shoe base, said rails of said channel of said shoe sole having outwardly spaced teeth and able to interlock and connect with the resilient flanges of said first channel mechanism, said first and said second channel mechanisms being provided with a mechanically interlocking leaf spring latching mechanism for mechanically coupling the same when said first and said second channel mechanisms are slidingly mated with one another; and a release mechanism for selectively releasing said channel mechanism from one another by acting against a spring bias to allow sliding disengagement of said shoe sole from said shoe base.