Adjustable height shoe heel system

Abstract

An adjustable height shoe heel system having a low heel member and a high heel member. The high heel portion has a Y shape. The low heel portion has a W shape. The top legs of the Y shape can of nest into the recesses of the W shape when in the low heel mode. The legs of the Y shape rotatably pinned to the central portion of the W shape so that the high heel can pivot down when in the high heel mode. A heel retaining spring member is fixed at its lowest point to a post protruding from the high heel member and at its highest points are removably retained by apertures located in the side walls of the low heel member. A high heel cover member surrounds the high heel member when in high heel mode.

1 . adjustable height shoe heel system comprising:
 a sole portion;   a front toe covering portion;   a side wall portion;   a side wall elastic portion;   a rear portion;   a low heel member;   a high heel member;   a heel pivot shaft member;   a heel retaining torsion spring member;   a high heel cover member;   said front toe covering portion fixedly attached to said sole portion in a standard way;   said side wall portion including a plurality of vertically oriented slits;   said side wall elastic portion fixedly attached to the inside walls of said side wall portion;   said high heel portion having a Y shape;   said low heel portion having a W shape;   said low heel portion fixedly attached to the underside of said sole portion;   the top legs of said Y shape capable of nesting into the recesses of said W shape when in the low heel mode;   said top legs of said Y shape rotatably pinned to the central portion of said W shape so that said high heel can pivot down when in the high heel mode;   said heel retaining torsion spring member fixed at its lowest point to a post protruding from said high heel member;   the upper portions of said heel retaining torsion spring member bent outward from each other and removably retained within apertures located in the side walls of said low heel member; and   said high heel cover member surrounding said high heel member and removably retained to said low heel member by standard means.   
     
     
         2 . An adjustable height shoe heel system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said high heel cover is removably retained by a magnet imbedded in said low heel member and a steel plate imbedded in said heel cover. 
     
     
         3 . An adjustable height shoe heel system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said heel retaining torsion spring includes a tab on each leg of said spring to enable the squeezing of said spring during the adjustment process from high heel to low heel. 
     
     
         4 . An alternate embodiment of said adjustable height shoe heel system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said side walls of said shoe are made of elastic material and do not require said slits or said additional elastic material. 
     
     
         5 . An alternate embodiment of said adjustable height shoe heel system as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the side walls of said shoe include a slidable panel that is exposed when said shoe is in the low heel positron and hidden when in the high heel position.