Shoe with detachable sole and heel

Claim 1

In a shoe assembly including an upper shoe portion having an elongated lower edge portion and covering an upper portion of a foot of a wearer and a lower shoe portion having an elongated upper edge portion and covering a lower portion of a foot of a wearer wherein said shoe assembly includes curved toe and heel portions the improvement comprising a releasable connecting means selectively attaching said lower edge portion to said upper edge portion, said releasable connecting means including a first means attached to and along said lower edge portion and a second means attached to and along said upper edge portion, said releasable connecting means providing positive attachment between said lower and upper edge portions which resists detachment from forces generally perpendicular to said lower and upper edge portions, said lower shoe portion includes an arcuate semi-stiff heel support, means for permanently attaching said heel support to said lower shoe portion with said heel support being upstanding therefrom, said heel support shielding a heel of a wearer from contact with said releasable connecting means, and said lower shoe portion including an arcuate semi-stiff toe support means for permanently attaching said toe support to said lower shoe portion with said toe support being upstanding therefrom, said toe support shielding toes of a wearer from contact with said releasable connecting means, said heel and toe supports providing ready closure and inward support of said releasable connecting means about said toe and heel portions and providing retention of shape of said shoe assembly during repeated uses thereof.