Patent ID: 7661206
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe system, comprising: a lower shoe member comprising a platform having a thickness; a plurality of snaps having male and female components, said male components having a diameter not greater than said thickness of said platform and operably interconnected to said platform, said male components comprising a burnished circumferential edge; a barrier interconnected to said platform and covering at least a portion of said circumferential edge of said male components, said barrier comprising a plurality of holes, wherein a portion of said male component extends through said hole laterally beyond said barrier; a leather outer portion covering: said leather outer portion comprising a plurality of holes substantially aligned with said plurality of holes in said barrier, wherein a portion of said male component extends through said hole laterally beyond said leather outer portion; an upper shoe member comprising at least one of said female components of said plurality of snaps, wherein said male and female snap components cooperate to provide a detachable attachment between said lower shoe member and said upper shoe member, said upper shoe member comprising a plurality of regions, wherein at least one region of said plurality of regions comprises stretchable material, and wherein at least one region of said plurality of regions comprises a substantially non-stretchable material.