Patent ID: 8220184
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. Footwear having interchangeable components for covering the human foot during a variety of activities, comprising: a foot bed having a sole for supporting the user's foot in the footwear, and a row of interlocking fingers and detents extending longitudinally along both sides of the sole; a first sidewall and a second sidewall, each having a row of interlocking fingers and detents extending longitudinally along the bottom of the piece; a heel strap that releasably attaches to the footwear and extends behind the user's foot for purposes of maintaining the user's foot in the footwear; a toe cover for purposes of covering some portion of the distal end of the user's foot; portions defining a groove running axially down the front of the toe cover; a top piece releasably secured laterally and vertically to the foot bed and within the groove, and; wherein the detents and fingers are spaced to allow for releasably interfacing of the sidewalls with the foot bed by interlocking the detents of the sidewalls with the fingers of the foot bed, and the fingers of the sidewalls with the detents of the foot bed.