High-heeled shoe with exchangeable high-heels
View Patent ↗A high-heeled shoe is configured to utilize exchangeable high-heels. A biased, pivoting latch is formed into the sole of the shoe at the heel portion of the sole. A heel stem or support is fixedly attached to the shoe and extends from the sole and about the pivoting latch, terminating in a tip. The stem has a length at least approximately equal to a desired length of the high-heel. An exchangeable high-heel is characterized by a generally hollow body having a resilient stem holder therein configured to releasably receive and hold the heel stem. A reinforcement is provided at a rear of the exchangeable high-heel that extends from a top to approximately a bottom of the exchangeable high-heel and carries a catch proximate the top thereof. The latch includes a flange that engages the catch while the latch is normally biased.
1. A high-heeled shoe defining a high-heel height, the shoe comprising:
a shoe body having an upper and a sole attached to the upper, the sole defining a lower surface;
an elongated support fixedly attached to the shoe body and extending from the lower surface of the sole within a heel area of the shoe body, the elongated support having a length approximately equal to the high-heel height;
a latch pivotally situated in the lower surface of the sole and normally biased by a spring element into an engagement position; and
a high-heel configured for releasable engagement with the elongated support and the latch when the latch is in the engagement ent position such that the high-heel is attached to the shoe body;
wherein the high-heel comprises:
a hollow body;
a resilient bracket disposed within the hollow body and configured for releasable reception of the elongated support; and
a catch disposed within the hollow body at a rear end thereof and configured to releasably receive a flange of the latch when the latch is in the engagement position.
2. The high-heeled shoe of claim 1 , wherein the latch extends about the elongated support.
3. The high-heeled shoe of claim 1 , wherein the high-heel further includes a brace extending along the rear end of the hollow body.
4. The high-heeled shoe of claim 3 , wherein the brace extends along an interior of the rear end of the hollow body and from an upper end to a lower end of the hollow body.
5. The high-heeled shoe of claim 1 , further comprising a second resilient bracket disposed within the hollow body and configured for releasable reception of the elongated support.
6. A high-heeled shoe defining a high-heel height, the shoe comprising:
a shoe body having an upper and a sole, the sole defining a lower surface;
an elongated rod fixedly attached to the shoe body and extending from the lower surface of the sole within a heel area of the shoe body, the elongated rod having a length equal to the high-heel height;
a latch situated on a pivot pin in the lower surface of the sole and having a first portion on a first side of the pivot pin, a second portion on a second side of the pivot pin, a flange situated on the second portion, and a spring element normally biasing the latch and the flange into an engagement position; and
a high-heel configured for releasable attachment to the shoe body by engagement of the high-heel with the elongated rod and the flange of the latch when the latch is in the engagement position.
7. The high-heeled shoe of claim 6 , wherein pivot pin is mounted in the lower surface of the sole.
8. The high-heeled shoe of claim 6 , wherein the spring element is disposed about pivot pin.
9. The high-heeled shoe of claim 8 , wherein the spring element further includes an arm extending onto and against the first portion of the latch.
10. The high-heeled shoe of claim 6 , wherein the high-heel comprises:
a hollow body;
a resilient holder disposed within the hollow body and configured to releasably receive the elongated rod; and
a catch disposed within the hollow body at a rear end thereof and configured to releasably hold the flange of the latch when the latch is in the engagement position.
11. The high-heeled shoe of claim 10 , wherein the high-heel further includes a brace extending along the rear end of the hollow body.
12. The high-heeled shoe of claim 11 , wherein the brace extends along an interior of the rear end of the hollow body and from an upper end to a lower end of the hollow body.
13. The high-heeled shoe of claim 10 , further comprising a second resilient holder disposed within the hollow body and configured to releasably receive the elongated rod.
14. The high-heeled shoe of claim 10 , further comprising a tip situated at an end of the elongated support distal the shoe body.
15. A high-heeled shoe comprising:
a shoe body having an upper and a sole, the sole defining a lower surface with a first recess proximate a heel area of the shoe body and a second recess adjacent the first recess;
an elongated stem extending from the lower surface of the sole within the heel area of the shoe body;
a latch pivotally situated on a pivot pin in the lower surface of the sole between the first recess and the second recess, the latch defined by a plate having a first plate portion extending over the first recess, a second plate portion extending over the second recess, a flange situated on the second plate portion, and a spring element normally biasing the plate and the flange into an engagement position; and
a high-heel configured for releasable attachment to the shoe body by engagement of the high-heel with the elongated stem and the flange of the second plate portion the latch is in the engagement position.
16. The high-heeled shoe of claim 15 , wherein the high-heel comprises: a hollow body;
first and second resilient holders disposed within the hollow body and configured to releasably receive the elongated stem; and
a catch disposed within the hollow body at a rear end thereof and configured to releasably engage the flange of the second plate portion when the latch is in the engagement position.
17. The high-heeled shoe of claim 16 , wherein the high-heel further includes a brace extending along the rear end of the hollow body.
18. The high-heeled shoe of claim 17 , wherein the brace extends along an interior of the rear end of the hollow body and from an upper end to a lower end of the hollow body.
19. The high-heeled shoe of claim 16 , further comprising a tip situated on an end of the elongated support distal the shoe body.