Patent ID: 8413350

Claim:
An article of footwear comprising: a shoe base constructed and adapted for receiving a foot having a toe section and an ankle section; at least two loops fixedly attached to said toe section; and a toe strap having an integrated loop at each end for securing said shoe base to said foot, the toe strap removably attached to said at least two loops fixedly attached to said toe section by a hooplike clip removeably inserted through each integrated loop of said toe strap, wherein each of said toe strap and said clip is independently removeably interchangeable; and wherein each said hooplike clip has an internal surface and two terminal ends defining a gap therebetween in said hoop and a spur on said internal surface of said hooplike clip proximate each terminal end, wherein said hooplike clip is adapted for assembling said integrated loop of said toe strap to one of said at least two loops, said integrated loop of said toe strap and said one of said at least two loops being removably insertable into said gap for assembling.