System and Method for Securing Ornamentation to Athletic Shoes

Abstract

An athletic shoe and a method of attaching ornamental pieces thereto by covering a shoe upper with hook or loop material and a reverse side of the ornamental piece with mateable hook or loop material.

1 . An athletic shoe having an upper constructed of a flexible material surfaced with one of a hook or loop material, and one or more ornamental pieces having a backing covered at least partially with the hook or loop material mateable with said hook or loop material covering said upper, whereby said ornamental pieces can be readily detached and reattached in other locations on said shoe upper, replaced with other ornamental pieces or additional ornamental pieces attached thereto. 
     
     
         2 . The athletic shoe according to  claim 1  wherein hook material substantially covers said shoe upper and each of said one or more ornamental pieces has a mating loop material on a backing thereof. 
     
     
         3 . A method of ornamenting an athletic shoe comprising overlaying a shoe upper with a hook or loop material and attaching one or more ornamental pieces to said shoe upper with a backing of mating hook or loop material whereby an athletic shoe having an upper constructed of a flexible material surfaced with one of a hook or loop material, and one or more ornamental pieces having a backing covered at least partially with a hook or loop material mating with said hook or loop material covering said upper, whereby said ornamental pieces can be readily detached and reattached in other locations on said shoe upper, replaced with other ornamental pieces or additional ornamental pieces attached thereto. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3  wherein said shoe upper is substantially covered with hook material and a loop material is applied to the reverse side of said one or more ornamental pieces to be attachable to said shoe upper. 
     
     
         5 . An ornamental piece comprising:
 a fabric piece configured in an ornamental shape with hook or loop material affixed to the backside thereof thereby able to be attachable to a surface having mating hook or loop material thereon.