Replaceable heel for shoes

Claim 1

A READILY REMOVABLE HEEL STRUCTURE COMPRISING A HEEL SHAPED RETAINING PLATE HAVING PLANE SIDES ROUNDED AT THE REAR, SPACING MEANS AND MOUNTING SAID PLATE BELOW THE HEEL AREA OF A SHOE BODY, SAID RETAINING PLATE HAVING SIDE AND REAR EDGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY OF SAID SPACING MEANS FOR SUPPORT OF A HEEL THEREON, A SLOT FORMED A SUBSTANTIAL RADIAL DISTANCE INWARD TOWARD THE CENTER FROM THE REAR EDGE OF SAID PLATE, A HEEL HAVING A FLANGE EXTENDING INWARD AROUND ITS UPPER EDGE AND SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER HEEL SURFACE BY A GROOVE COOPERATIVE WITH THE SPACED EDGES OF SAID RETAINING PLATE FOR SLIDABLY MOUNTING THE HEEL UPON SAID PLATE AND A CORES ELEMENT ON SAID HEEL EXTENDING RADIALY INWARD FROM SAID FLANGE AND POSITIONED TO LIE IN SLIDING FIT WITHIN THE SLOT IN SAID PLATE ON SLIDING ENGAGEMENT OF THE HEEL THEREON, AND READY FASTENING MEANS ON SAID HEEL SECURING IT TO SAID PLATE AGAINST SLIDING DISENGAGEMENT OF THE HEEL AND PLATE.