Patent ID: 8991071
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A snap-in footbed system comprising: a shoe, wherein the shoe comprises an inner surface and an outer surface; a first aperture formed in a molded portion of the shoe between the inner surface and the outer surface; a footbed, wherein a top surface of the footbed is configured to receive a user's foot, wherein the footbed comprises a first snap-in element, wherein the first snap-in element comprises a first head portion having at least one dimension that is sized to be larger than the first aperture, such that when the first head portion is passed through the first aperture from the inner surface to the outer surface, one or both of the first head portion and the first aperture undergo elastic deformation, and such that when the first head portion has been passed through the first aperture, the first snap-in element secures the footbed to the shoe; a second aperture formed in the shoe from the inner surface to the outer surface, and wherein the footbed comprises a second snap-in element, wherein the second snap-in element comprises a second head portion having at least one dimension that is sized to be larger than the second aperture, such that when the second head portion is passed through the second aperture from the inner surface to the outer surface, one or both of the second head portion and the second aperture undergo elastic deformation, and such that when the second head portion has been passed through the second aperture and the first head portion has been passed through the first aperture, the first and second snap-in elements secure the footbed to the shoe, wherein the first aperture is on a medial side of the shoe, wherein the second aperture is on a lateral side of the shoe, wherein the first snap-in element is on a medial side of the footbed, and wherein the second snap-in element is on a lateral side of the footbed, and wherein the first and second snap-in elements are on a forefoot portion of the footbed, and the first and second apertures are on a forefoot portion of the shoe.