An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper coupled to the sole structure. The upper includes a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region disposed between. The upper defines a throat opening sized to receive a foot. The upper includes a main upper body and a strap coupled to the main upper body, wherein the strap extends from the midfoot region of the upper at the throat opening, down toward the heel region of the upper, wherein the strap is configured to provide stability, and the strap is configured to keep a wearer's heel contained down and back in the article of footwear.

The present invention is to continue the concept of a replaceable upper of offloading shoe, and further improve the processing capability. Thus this present invention is to reform the outsole separation structure of a replaceable upper of shoe.

Wearable devices and accessories are described herein. A wearable device may include a first portion configured to support at least a portion of a person's foot. The wearable device may include a second portion on a first side of the wearable device and configured to attach to and detach from a detachable device. The wearable device may include a third portion on a second side of the wearable device and configured to attach to and detach from the detachable device. The detachable device may span from the first portion to the second portion when attached to the wearable device.

A shoe comprising an upper, a midsole coupled to the upper, a midsole insert comprising a channel, the midsole insert positioned proximal a junction between the upper and the midsole, and a shoe panel configured to detachably couple to the upper of the shoe. The midsole insert may further comprise a magnet within the channel that mates with a magnet of the shoe panel. Alternatively, the midsole insert channel may comprise one or more locking slots configured to receive one or more protrusions extending from the shoe panel. The shoe panel may be a midfoot or heel panel and may be detachably coupled to the upper by a hook and loop closure. The shoe may be a cupsole shoe with the midsole channel positioned proximal a junction between an inner surface of a vertical wall of the cupsole and the upper.

Design for footwear in the form of a slide that is designed to be made up of several parts or components. All or a subset of these are manufactured by one or more manufacturers and provided to another party for assembly in a location that is “local” to a point of sale. The assembly of the separate or modular parts or components produces a slide that is suitable for sale to and for wear by the purchaser or end user. One or more of the parts or components provided to the assembling party is in the form of a blank that can be modified to provide local customization while other embodiments will have that customized part or component manufactured locally for later assembly. Further, the new design for slides includes one or more features that allow the end user or wearer to adjust the size and fit of each slide.

A customizable shoe assembly for altering the appearance of slippers includes a slipper that can be worn on a user's foot. The slipper has a sole, an insole lying on top of the sole to have the user's foot lie thereon and a body to surround the user's foot. A cover is provided and the cover is removably positioned on the slipper for completely covering the slipper. The cover is provided in a variety of colors to alter the appearance of the slipper.

An interchangeable shoe. The interchangeable shoe includes a base, where the base includes a footbed, and an upper. The interchangeable shoe also includes an attachment, where the attachment releasably attaches the upper to the base, The attachment includes a groove in the footbed and a rail attached to the upper, where the rail is configured to be inserted into or removed from the groove.

An article of footwear may include an upper that has a plurality of discrete sections secured to one another. Each discrete section may include a base layer and a cover layer. Each cover layer may be secured to and may cover the outer side of a corresponding base layer. Each cover layer may be configured to be selectively removable from the base layer independently of each other cover layer to expose the outer side of the base layer. A method of manufacturing the article of footwear may include providing the plurality of base layers and providing the plurality of cover layers. The method may further include securing the cover layers to the base layers so that the cover layers cover the outer sides of the base layers.

A system and method for interchanging footwear uppers provide a shoe body that is manually divisible between a sole portion and one or more interchangeable upper portions. One or more upper portion utilize a hook and loop fastening mechanism to detachably mate with a single sole portion. The system comprises a hook panel having multiple hooks, such as those found on Velcro™. The hook panel overlays a top face of the sole portion, with the hooks facing outwardly. The system also provides a loop panel comprising multiple small loops, from the same hook and loop fastener. The loop panel overlays a lasting panel from the upper portions. The hook panel and the loop panel detachably and temporarily mate to create a detachable mating relationship between the upper portions and a single sole portion. Consequently, multiple upper portions can be interchanged on a single, reusable sole portion.

A footwear article includes a hinged portion in a heel region that may be biased in various positions to increase or decrease a size of a foot-insertion opening. The hinged portion may be arranged in a first position, in which the hinged portion is more upright and is in position to cup a wearer's heel or Achilles region when the footwear article is worn. In addition, the hinged portion may be hingedly rotated downward or rearwardly (e.g., away from the foot-insertion opening) to a second position, which may increase a size of the foot-insertion opening and/or may change an angle along which a foot can pass through the foot-insertion opening when the footwear article is being donned or doffed. One or more elastic members may be attached to the hinged portion and to some other portion of the footwear article to bias the hinged portion.