Shoe ornamentation

Abstract

Abstract THERE IS DISCLOSED A WALKING SHOE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL PROVIDED WITH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH ORNAMENTATION IS VISIBLE WHICH ORNAMENTATION IS INTENDED TO MATCH OR COMPLEMENT THE COSTUME OF THE WEARER. IN SOME CASES THE SOLE HAS A FRAME WITH AN OPENING THERETHROUGH. THE FRAME MAY BE OF PLASTIC OR OF METAL. IT MAY BE DETACHABLY SECURED TO THE SHOE BY ADHESIVE, BY ADHESIVE STRIPS, OR BY MEANS OF APPROPRIATE HOOKS. SECURED TO THE FRAME SO AS TO SHOW THROUGH THE OPENING IS A PATCH WHICH MAY BE OF CLOTH, PLASTIC, FLEXIBLE METAL OR OTHER APPROPRIATE MATERIAL WHICH IS OF A COLOR AND/OR DESIGN TO MATCH OR COMPLEMENT THE COLOR AND/OR DESIGN OF THE COSTUME OF THE WEARER OF THE SHOE. IN ONE EMBODIMENT, A PATCH OF CLOTH IS HELD REMOVABLY IN THE FRAME BY A RESILIENT PATCH OF PLASTIC WHICH SPRINGS INTO, AND IS HELD, IN POCKET FORMED IN THE BACK OF THE FRAME. IN SUCH CASE, THE PATCH OF CLOTH IS PREFERABLY HELD TO THE RESILIENT PLASTIC PATCH BY ADHESIVE, ALTHOUGH IT MAY IF DESIRED BE MERELY CLAMPED IN PLACE BY THE SPRING OF THE RESILIENT PATCH. ALTERNATIVELY, THE UPPER OF THE SHOE MAY ITSELF BE FORMED WITH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH A PATCH IS VISIBLE.

Inventors

• 👤 Joy A Cunningham

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