GB2557881A - Interchangeable fashion heel with screw mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

A shoe may be fitted with a range of different styled heels A. The heels may have a hollow core and may be located about a correspondingly shaped male projection 4. The heel may also be held in situ via magnetic coating (Fig B, 2a). Projection 4 may have a metallic core 5 and may be attached to the welt or main part of the shoe via a screw 3 which is inserted from inside the shoe. A cover flap may lie over the screw head.

Description

(71) Applicant(s):

Jack Grunhut

Flat 2, 6 Golders Rise, London, NW4 2HR, United Kingdom

Laura Michelle Schreiber

Flat 2, 6 Golders Rise, London, NW4 2HR,

United Kingdom

(56) Documents Cited: GB 2115269 A WO 2005/000062 A1 DE 102008017674 A1	GB 2014033 A WO 1996/005394 A1
(58) Field of Search: INT CL A43B Other: WPI, EPODOC

Keshet Couture Ltd

Flat 2, 6 Golders Rise, London, NW4 2HR, United Kingdom (72) Inventor(s):

Jack Grunhut

Laura Michelle Schreiber (74) Agent and/or Address for Service:

Jack Grunhut

Flat 2, 6 Golders Rise, London, NW4 2HR, United Kingdom (54) Title of the Invention: Interchangeable fashion heel with screw mechanism Abstract Title: Shoe having interchangeable heels (57) A shoe may be fitted with a range of different styled heels A. The heels may have a hollow core and may be located about a correspondingly shaped male projection 4. The heel may also be held in situ via magnetic coating (Fig B, 2a). Projection 4 may have a metallic core 5 and may be attached to the welt or main part of the shoe via a screw 3 which is inserted from inside the shoe. A cover flap may lie over the screw head.

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Interchangeable Fashion Heel

June 2016

Contents

I. Purpose

II. Target demographic

III. Drawing

IV. Mechanism

V. Claim

VI. Appendix

I. Purpose

The purpose of this interchangeable heel shoe, is to allow consumers to have a variety of shoe styles without having to buy different shoes. Additionally, it can be very troublesome to travel with different shoes due to luggage weight restrictions. This product allows women to travel with one actual pair of shoes whilst having a variety of different heels that allows them to give the shoe a new look and go with different styles of outfits.

II. Target Demographic

Women between 16-60 years of age that frequently travel or desire to save the cost of an extra pair of shoes.

ill. Drawing (in Appendix)

a. Figure A: Finished product with all attachments

b. Figure B: The shoe component - mechanism

c. Figure C: The heel component - mechanism (with covering flap up)

d. Figure D: The heel component - with covering flap down

e. Figure E: The heel and shoe - with magnetic coating on heel part of shoe

IV. Mechanism (numbered in Appendix)

The shoe will contain a slight hidden platform in the sole (1) to facilitate the structural engineering requirements to hold the screw whilst not compromising on comfort. The outer heel area of the shoe will have two structural protrusions coming out from a small part of the heel (2a). They are the screw (3) and a surrounding metal cylinder (4). The attaching heel will be hollowed out to be comprise of three layers.

1) The inner metal cylinder casing to screw the protrusion into (5).

2) The hollow area for the protruding cylinder to slide into to prevent affixing at a wrong angle (6).

3) The actual fashionable heel (7).

The heal will also consist of a magnetic* flap atop the heel (2b) to cover the heel protrusion from the shoe component.

*This flap may be either magnetic, snap-on, or Velcro depending on durability.

Claims (1)

1. V. Claims

   All information contained within this document is intellectual property of Jack Grunhut and Laura Michelle Schreiber of 6 Jubilee Lodge, 31 Green Lane, London, NW4 2AG.

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