Patent ID: 8056266

Claim:
A customizable foot-receiving apparatus comprising: a housing at least partially defining an interior, and having an external periphery and at least one engagement feature; and at least one interchangeable pant leg cover to customize the housing and being disposed substantially outside of the external periphery of the housing, and extending upwardly from a fixable lower portion to a free upper portion movable relative to the housing, wherein the fixable lower portion includes an engagement feature removably engageable with the at least one engagement feature of the housing; wherein the housing includes a sole, an upper carried by the sole, a tongue carried by the upper to provide accessibility to the interior, and a closure device carried by the upper and extending over the tongue to close the apparatus, wherein the external periphery is at least partially defined by outer surfaces of at least one of the sole, upper, tongue, or closure device; wherein the fixable lower portion of the pant leg cover is removably joined to the housing at an instep portion of the upper; and wherein the engagement feature of the at least one interchangeable pant leg cover includes a body and a flexible projection extending from the body, and the at least one engagement feature of the housing includes a pocket for receiving the body and a retainer arm to retain the flexible projection.