Patent ID: 8201347

Claim:
A shoe construction, the shoe construction for ambling a user to selectively attach shoe components, the shoe construction comprising: a base member, the base member comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a peripheral surface, an apertured, first fastening structure, and a aeries of peripherally-spaced, threaded, fastener-receiving apertures, the top and bottom surfaces being substantially parallel to one another, the peripheral surface extending orthogonally intermediate the top and bottom surfaces, the threaded, fastener-receiving apertures extending both (1) orthogonally into the to surface adjacent the peripheral surface and (2) parallel to the top surface into the peripheral surface, the apertured, first fastening structure comprising apertures coaxial with the threaded, fastener-receiving apertures and thus the apertured, first fastener structure surrounding the fastener-receiving apertures at the top surface; a cover construction, the cover construction comprising a second fastening structure, the second fastening structure being matable with the first fastening structure; at least one top attachable component, the top attachable component comprising dual-surface, first and second component ends, the first and second component ends each comprising an end aperture and a third fastening structure, the third fastening structure being cooperably associated with both (1) a first surface and (2) an opposed second surface of the dual-surfaced first and second component ends; and at least two threaded fasteners, the threaded fasteners for fastening the first and second component ends to the base member via the end apertures and threaded, fastener-receiving apertures, the cover construction for selectively and removably covering (a) the apertured, first fastening structure, (b) the first and second component ends, and (c) the threaded fasteners, the third fastening structure, being (i) cooperably lied to the opposed first and second surfaces of the first and second component ends, and (ii) cooperably and respectively matable with the first and second fastening structures of the base member and cover construction, for preventing rotation of the first and second component ends about axes extending through and coaxial with the threaded fasteners, the third fastening structure thus for enhancing the threadably fastened securement of the threaded fasteners.