Boot & spur combination

Abstract

A boot includes a heel with a rear side having embedded therein one component of a two-component coupling member. A detachable spur has a distal end with a barb element thereat and a proximal end with a second component of the two-component coupling member. The second component is detachably connected to the one component, with the distal end projecting outward from the heel to position the barb element for use while riding.

1 . A boot comprising 
 a heel with a rear side having embedded therein one component of a two-component coupling member, and    a detachable spur having a distal end with a barb element thereat and a proximal end with a second component of said two-component coupling member, 
 said second component being adapted to be detachably connected to the one component with the distal end projecting outward from the heel to position the barb element for use while riding.  
   
     
     
         2 . The boot of  claim 1  where the one component is along a central plane that bisects the boot between a toe of the boot and the heel of the boot.  
     
     
         3 . The boot of  claim 2  where the spur has a shank between the proximal end and distal end, said shank having at least a portion thereof lying along the central plane that bisects the boot between the toe and heel.  
     
     
         4 . The boot of  claim 3  where the shank is bent at an intermediate point between the distal end and proximal end, causing the distal end to be elevated relative to the proximal end with the spur connected to the heel.  
     
     
         5 . The boot of  claim 3  where the shank includes an enlarged stop member nearby the proximal end that abuts the heel upon connecting the spur to the heel.  
     
     
         6 . The boot of  claim 1  including a storage compartment that holds the detachable spur when not connected to the heel.  
     
     
         7 . The boot of  claim 1  including a cap member that is detachably connected to the one component when the spur has been detached, said cap member being in view on an exterior surface of the rear side of the heel.  
     
     
         8 . The boot of  claim 7  where the cap member has an exterior surface bearing a trademark.  
     
     
         9 . The boot of  claim 1  where the heel has a height of at least 1.0 inches and the one component is at least 0.75 inch from a bottom of the heel.  
     
     
         10 . The boot of  claim 1  where the heel has a height from 1.0 inches to 4.5 inches.  
     
     
         11 . The boot of  claim 1  where the spur has a length from 2.5 to 4 inches.  
     
     
         12 . The boot of  claim 1  where the barb is rotatably mounted and is in the shape of a trademark logo.  
     
     
         13 . A boot comprising a heel having one component of a two-component coupling member, said one component being adapted to interact with a second component of the coupling member attached to a spur.  
     
     
         14 . A spur comprising a shank with a distal end having thereat a barb element and a proximal end having thereat one component of a two-component coupling member, said one component being adapted to interact with a second component of the coupling member in a heel of a boot.  
     
     
         15 . A boot in which a central plane bisects the boot between a toe of the boot and a heel of the boot, said boot including 
 one component of a two-component coupling member, said one component being embedded in a rear side of the heel and lying along said central plane, and    a detachable spur having an elongated shank with a distal end having a barb element rotatably mounted thereat and a proximal end with a second component of said two-component coupling member, 
 said second component being adapted to be detachably connected to the one component to position the spur relative to the heel so that at least a portion of the shank is along said central plane with the barb element projecting outward from the heel to position said barb element for use while riding.  
   
     
     
         16 . The boot of  claim 15  where the shank 
 (a) is bent at an intermediate point between the distal end and proximal end, causing the distal end to be elevated relative to the proximal end upon connecting the spur to the heel, and includes  
 (b) an enlarged stop member nearby, the proximal end that abuts the heel upon connecting the spur to the heel.  
 
     
     
         17 . The boot of  claim 15  including a storage compartment for holding the detachable spur when not connected to the heel.  
     
     
         18 . The boot of  claim 15  where the heel has a height from 1.0 inches to 4.5 inches, and the spur has a length from 2.5 to 4 inches.  
     
     
         19 . A boot including 
 a raised heel having a height of at least 1.0 inches, and    a detachable spur having at one end a barb element and at another end a first coupling element that is detachably connected to a second coupling element in a rear side of the heel, said spur projecting rearwardly outward from the heel to position the barb element for use while riding.    
     
     
         20 . The boot of  claim 19  where the spur and coupling elements are disposed along a central plane that bisects the boot between a toe of the boot and the heel of the boot.