Novelty footwear item with concealed wax comb

Abstract

A novelty footwear item includes a footwear construction with a heel compartment that has a sufficient height dimension and a sufficient width dimension to support from below the heel of a user and which is adapted to receive therein a removable locking surfboard wax roughing comb which in turn has sufficient height, width and depth dimensions for the storage of a bar of surfboard wax.

1 . A novelty footwear item, comprising:
 an outer sole, said outer sole having an exterior ground engaging surface and an interior footbed engaging surface;   a footbed having an upper foot support surface for supporting from below the foot of a user and a lower outer sole engaging surface;   a foot strap having a main body strap disposed substantially above said footbed and a plurality of anchoring straps disposed below said footbed sandwiched between said interior footbed engaging surface and said lower outer sole engaging surface;   a hollow collapsible wedge shaped heel cushioning member having an upper footbed engaging surface and a lower outer sole engaging surface;   a hollow heel support member disposed within said collapsible wedge shaped heel cushioning member for preventing the collapse of said wedge shaped heel cushioning member under the load of a user; and   a comb slidably received within said heel support member.   
     
     
         2 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 1 , wherein said footbed includes a cutout for receiving therein a distal end portion of a pull strap;
 said pull strap having a proximal end attached to a rear portion of said comb to facilitate removing said comb from within said heel support member.   
     
     
         3 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 1 , wherein said hollow heel support member includes a plurality of detent receiving holes to help facilitate removably locking said comb within said heel support member. 
     
     
         4 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 2 , wherein said comb has a corresponding plurality of detents dimensioned to be received within corresponding ones of said detent receiving holes to help facilitate removably locking said comb within said heel support member. 
     
     
         5 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 4 , wherein said footbed includes a cutout for receiving therein a distal end portion of a pull strap;
 said pull strap having a proximal end attached to a rear portion of said comb to facilitate unlocking and removing said comb from within said heel support member.   
     
     
         6 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 5 , wherein said comb is a wax roughing comb. 
     
     
         7 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 5 , wherein said comb is a hair comb. 
     
     
         8 . A novelty footwear item, comprising:
 a foot-shaped outer sole;   a foot-shaped footbed;   said foot-shaped outer sole and said foot shaped footbed being permanently fixed together at their front portions and being spaced apart from one another at their rear portions;   a wedge shaped midsole permanently sandwiched between said outer sole and said foot bed at about their respective rear portions; and   said wedge shaped midsole including:
 a soft outer hollow heel cushioning member; 
 a hard inner hollow tool receiving member; and 
 a surfboard utility tool slidably received within said tool receiving member. 
   
     
     
         9 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 8 , wherein said hollow tool receiving member includes a plurality of detent receiving holes to help facilitate removably locking said surfboard utility tool within said midsole. 
     
     
         10 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 9 , wherein said surfboard utility tool has a corresponding plurality of detents dimensioned to be received within corresponding ones of said detent receiving holes to help facilitate removably locking said surfboard utility tool within said tool receiving member. 
     
     
         11 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 10 , wherein said footbed includes a cutout for receiving therein a distal end portion of a pull strap;
 said pull strap having a proximal end attached to a rear portion of said surfboard utility tool to facilitate unlocking and removing said surfboard utility tool from within said tool receiving member.   
     
     
         12 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 11 , wherein said surfboard utility tool is a wax roughing comb. 
     
     
         13 . A novelty footwear item, comprising:
 a footwear construction including a wax comb compartment member having a sufficient height dimension and a sufficient width dimension to support from below the heel of a user; and   a removable locking comb slidably received within said wax comb compartment member.   
     
     
         14 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 13 , wherein said comb is a surfboard wax roughing comb which includes a set of spaced apart teeth; and
 wherein said footwear construction further includes:   an outer sole;   a footbed;   a hollow collapsible midsole extending between about an instep area of said outer sole and said footbed and a distal end of said outer sole and said footbed; and   a hollow midsole support member dimensioned to be received within said hollow collapsible midsole in a snug friction tight fit.   
     
     
         15 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 14 , wherein said wax roughing comb includes a plurality of detents for removably locking said wax roughing comb within said hollow midsole support member. 
     
     
         16 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 15 , wherein said wax comb has attached thereto a pull strap to help facilitate removing said wax rough comb from said midsole support member. 
     
     
         17 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 16 , wherein said pull strap has a pull tab disposed on its distal end; and
 wherein said footbed has a cutout disposed in a rear upper surface area thereof, said cutout being conformed to receive therein a distal end portion of said pull strap and said pull tab.   
     
     
         18 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 14 , wherein said slidably removable wax roughing comb has sufficient length, width and depth dimensions for the storage of loose items therein. 
     
     
         19 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 14 , wherein said wax roughing comb has at least one cutout in a top surface area thereof for receiving therein a loose item for storage and retrieval from said wax roughing comb. 
     
     
         20 . The novelty footwear item according to  claim 14 , wherein said wax roughing comb functions as a stash drawer, said stash drawer having sufficient length, width and depth dimensions for the storage of surfboard wax therein.