Shoe with replaceable decorative pieces

Abstract

A shoe includes a vamp, a magnet unit, and a magnetically attractable decorative piece. The magnet unit is mounted on the vamp to provide a magnetic attraction force through the vamp. The magnetically attractable decorative piece has an inner surface attached to an outer surface of the vamp by the magnetic attraction force.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A shoe comprising: 
 a vamp;    a magnet unit mounted on said vamp to provide a magnetic attraction force through said vamp; and    a magnetically attractable decorative piece having an inner surface to be attached to an outer surface of said vamp by said magnetic attraction force.    
     
     
         2 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said vamp has at least one lining and an outer shell, said magnet unit being mounted on said lining to provide said magnetic attraction force through said vamp.  
     
     
         3 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said decorative piece includes a metal.  
     
     
         4 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said decorative piece includes a magnetically attractable element at least at said inner surface of said decorative piece.  
     
     
         5 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein said lining includes two lining layers attached to an inner surface of said outer shell, said magnet unit being positioned between said lining layers.  
     
     
         6 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 5 , wherein said lining layers are stitched together to form a stitch line around said magnet unit, said magnet unit being clamped between said lining layers within a region bounded by said stitch line.  
     
     
         7 . A shoe comprising: 
 a vamp;    a magnetically attractable metal piece mounted on said vamp; and    a decorative piece which includes a magnet piece at least at an inner surface of said decorative piece, said decorative piece being attachable to an outer surface of said vamp via a magnetic attraction between said magnet piece and said magnetically attractable metal piece.    
     
     
         8 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 7 , wherein said vamp includes an outer shell and two lining layers attached to an inner surface of said outer shell, said magnetically attractable metal piece being positioned between said lining layers.  
     
     
         9 . The shoe as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein said lining layers are stitched together to form a stitch line around said magnetically attractable metal piece, said magnetically attractable metal piece being clamped between said lining layers within a region bounded by said stitch line.