Patent ID: 7716856

Claim:
An active footwear with a piece of chalk embedded inside a toe portion of a sole of the shoe comprising; a piece of removable chalk; a sole; a forefoot sole area of the shoe containing a sleeve permanently fixed inside the shoe and integral with the sole, creating a permanent opening in the forefoot of the shoe for housing the piece of chalk, said piece of chalk being clipped into the opening inside the permanent metal sleeve; a chalk adjustment lever connected to a clamp attached through a side of the shoe sole and integral with the sleeve, said lever, clamp and sleeve used as a unit to manually slide the piece of chalk forward or backward within the shoe; wherein the adjustment lever is visible and operable from the outside of the shoe but the sleeve is completely concealed within the shoe; wherein the sleeve, adjustment lever and clamp are permanent elements of the shoe design, however the piece of chalk can be removed or replaced and the footwear remains stable and can be worn with or without the chalk inside.