Patent ID: 7600334

Claim:
Footwear incorporating at least one changeable stripe, said changeable stripe being formed as a unit to provide a shifting of said stripe to disclose different coloration or indicia so as to vary the appearance of the shoe, said unit comprising said changeable stripe and having a continuous band as applied to the shoe, said unit including a base, said base having means for mounting of at least one continuous stripe thereon, so that portions of said continuous band may be displayed for viewing, and upon shifting, other portions of the continuous band are enclosed within the base, said at least one continuous band as operatively associated with the base to provide for the continuous band to be shifted upon said base to provide for a viewing of a different portion of the band for observance upon the surface of the shoe to which the unit is fixedly applied, said unit, and its base, with its at least one continuous band, being applied to a surface of the shoe that upon manipulation of the continuous band varying the appearance of the footwear during usage.