Patent ID: 7921579

Claim:
A method for installing securement means in a pointe shoe having a heel portion including an arcuate rear wall adapted to extend around the heel of a foot and defining an open top edge and having inner and outer surfaces, comprising the steps of: providing a heel liner having left and right ends, top and bottom edges, and front and rear surfaces; providing left and right securement ribbons, each having top and bottom ends; fixing the bottom ends of said left and right securement ribbons to said heel liner at left and right ribbon positions, respectively, with each securement ribbon extending upwardly from the heel liner; and then securing said heel liner to the rear wall, with the heel liner conforming to the shape of and abutting the rear wall, so as to fix the bottom ends of the securement ribbons to the rear wall, with the left and right securement ribbons extending upwardly from the open top edge of the shoe such that pulling upwardly at the top ends of the left and right securement ribbons pulls upwardly on the heel liner and on the shoe adjacent to the left and right ribbon positions.