Patent ID: 7810253
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A vamp for use in an interchangeable shoe assembly having a base member and an interchangeable vamp, said interchangeable vamp comprising a flexible planar surface having left and right peripheral edges, a top face, and a bottom face, first and second attachment means, and a first and second strip of edging material, said first strip of edging material being affixed to said interchangeable vamp along said left peripheral edge and to said top face and said bottom face of said planar surface in proximity to said left peripheral edge; said first strip of edging material having first attachment means capable of joining said first strip of edging material with or releasing said first strip of edging material from said left side of said base member, said second strip of edging material being affixed to said interchangeable vamp along said right peripheral edge and to said top face and said bottom face of said planar surface in proximity to said right peripheral edge; said second strip of edging material having first attachment means capable of joining said second strip of edging material with or releasing said second strip of edging material from said right side of said base member, said edging material and said attachment means capable of maintaining said left and right edges of said interchangeable vamp in a substantially rigid position relative to the plane of said base member when said vamp is attached to said base member while the shoe assembly is being worn.