US 12,329,239 B2
Interchangeable foreparts for shoes
Kenneth Daniel Santos, Randolph, MA (US)
Assigned to Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/989,967.
Application 16/989,967 is a continuation of application No. 13/892,556, filed on May 13, 2013, granted, now 10,772,375.
Application 13/892,556 is a continuation of application No. 12/271,396, filed on Nov. 14, 2008, granted, now 8,458,927, issued on Jun. 11, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0000212 A1, Jan. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43B 3/24 (2006.01); A43B 1/00 (2006.01); A43B 5/00 (2022.01); A43B 13/36 (2006.01)
CPC A43B 3/24 (2013.01) [A43B 1/0081 (2013.01); A43B 3/246 (2013.01); A43B 5/005 (2013.01); A43B 5/008 (2013.01); A43B 13/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footwear kit comprising:
a left shoe;
a right shoe;
wherein said left shoe and said right shoe each have a toe region;
wherein said toe region is substantially symmetric about a first center line running from a front of said toe region to a back of said toe region and substantially asymmetric about a second center line perpendicular to said first center line and running from a left to a right of said toe region;
wherein said left shoe and said right shoe each has a peripheral shape that is substantially asymmetric about a line running from a front to a back of said left shoe or said right shoe;
at least one forepart;
wherein said at least one forepart has a periphery which substantially matches a periphery of said toe region of both said left shoe and said right shoe;
wherein said toe region has a frontmost edge which is a frontmost edge of said left shoe or said right shoe;
wherein said toe region covers an entire area until at least three eighths of a distance from said frontmost edge to a backmost edge of said left shoe or said right shoe.