Patent ID: 8307570
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. An article of footwear, comprising: (a) a removable shoe upper, the upper comprising a front portion and a perimeter edge in a lower portion of the shoe upper; (b) a shoe bottom having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a sidewall between the upper surface and the lower surface, the shoe bottom comprising: a plurality of lugs on the lower surface of the shoe bottom, wherein each lug has a rear surface positioned inwardly with respect to the rear surface of at least one of the sidewall channels; wherein each lower surface channel extends to the rear surface of a respective lug; and (c) a plurality of elastic loop fasteners for attaching the shoe upper to the shoe bottom, each elastic loop fastener being attached to the perimeter edge of the shoe upper in a spaced-apart manner for placement into at least one of the sidewall channels in the sidewall of the shoe bottom, wherein each of the elastic loop fasteners is threaded through corresponding sidewall and lower surface channels and engages the rear surface of one of the lugs, thereby resulting in a tensioned engagement of the sidewall channels, lower surface channels, and lugs by the elastic loop fasteners when the shoe upper is attached to the shoe bottom.