Patent ID: 8950087
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A43B,A43C,A63B

Abstract:
1. An article of footwear, comprising: an upper including a top portion designed to correspond with the top of a wearer's foot, a toe portion designed to correspond with a wearer's toes, a heel portion opposite the toe portion, a middle portion disposed between the toe portion and the heel portion, a medial side foot portion, and a lateral side foot portion opposite the medial side foot portion, wherein the medial side foot portion and the lateral side foot portion each include an outer surface and an inner surface that is opposite the outer surface, wherein the medial side foot portion is bounded by the heel portion, the toe portion, and a medial free edge disposed on a medial side of the top portion and wherein the lateral side foot portion is bounded by the heel portion, the toe portion, and a lateral free edge disposed on a lateral side of the top portion; a sole attached to the upper; the medial side foot portion including a first aperture; the lateral side foot portion including a second aperture; a medial insert including a first edge, a second edge opposite the first edge, and a first raised portion disposed between the first edge and the second edge, the medial insert being configured to be inserted into the upper on the medial side foot portion such that (a) the first raised portion is exposed through the upper by the first aperture, (b) the first raised portion fills the first aperture, (c) the first edge, the second edge, and an area of the medial insert immediately surrounding the first raised portion are adjacent to the inner surface of the medial side foot portion and are covered by the upper, and (d) the first edge and the second edge are both disposed between the medial free edge and the sole; a lateral insert including a third edge, a fourth edge opposite the third edge, and a second raised portion disposed between the third edge and the fourth edge, the lateral insert being configured to be inserted into the upper such that (a) the second raised portion is exposed through the upper by the second aperture, (b) the second raised portion fills the second aperture, and (c) the third edge, the fourth edge, and an area of the lateral insert immediately surrounding the second raised portion are adjacent to the inner surface of the lateral side foot portion and are covered by the upper, and (d) the third edge and the fourth edge are both disposed between the lateral free edge and the sole, wherein the medial insert and the lateral insert are each individually replaceable.