Silly Solez

Abstract

The present invention is called Silly Solez. This device is a portion of the tread, sole, footwear top or footwear bottom which can easily be removed and then replaced. This device can be used on any type of footwear to print, imprint or mold with either side of the device. It can also be removed and used as a stamp. The present invention can be made with or without a resevoir to allow ink or dye to release and leave prints of the various designs. The present invention can also be used as a removable waterproof storage device on the top or the bottom of the sole of footwear.

1 ) A device that is made to be a portion of a tread of any type of shoe or footwear, a sole of any type of footwear or the bottom or top of any type of footwear. Upon attachment, the device is able to print, imprint or mold when contact is made with an appropriate surface. 
     
     
         2 ) The device as in  claim 1 , further comprised of being made of rubber, polymers, sponge-like substances, wood, metal or natural materials. 
     
     
         3 ) The device as in  claim 2 , which can be removed and then replaced or removed and turned over and re-inserted to exhibit a different design or no-design at all. 
     
     
         4 ) The device as in  claim 3 , further comprising being removed and used in a stamping fashion. 
     
     
         5 ) The device as in  claim 4 , further comprising a resevoir connected to or housed within the device that allows ink or dye to release and leave prints wherever contact has been made. 
     
     
         6 ) The device of  claim 5 , further comprising the capability of storing items within the device. This device may also be inserted into the top portion of any type of footwear. 
     
     
         7 ) The device of  claim 6 , further comprising that the device is waterproof and will keep any item in the compartment dry. 
     
     
         8 ) The device of  claim 7  further comprising that the device fits into the bottom of the footwear in a manner that it is flush with the remaining portion of the footwear. The wearer of the footwear should feel no difference whether or not the device is in the footwear. 
     
     
         9 ) The device of  claim 8 , further comprising the size of the device being determined by the image on the device, whether or not it will house the storage device and whether or not it will contain the resevoir for ink, dye, etc. 
     
     
         10 ) The device of  claim 9 , further comprising the way that it works as the device being put into place on the bottom of the footwear and the wearer stepping down and thereby imprinting on the point of contact. 
     
     
         11 ) The device of  claim 10 , further comprising the device to be made so that it is interchangeable, removable and easily replaceable from the sole, tread or bottom of any type of footwear. 
     
     
         12 ) The device of  claim 11 , further comprising the device being capable of printing, imprinting or molding any design, image, character, school team, school name, advertisement, logo, slogan, word or combination of words either indented or protruding from this device. 
     
     
         13 ) The device of  claim 12 , further comprising but not being limited to, ideal surfaces for printing being sand, snow, loose dirt or mud. 
     
     
         14 ) The device of  claim 13 , further comprising the use of the ink well to leave prints anywhere the device makes contact. 
     
     
         15 ) The device of  claim 14 , further comprising the image on the device to be mirrored or reversed so that the remaining image will be printed or exhibited correctly. 
     
     
         16 ) The device of  claim 15 , further comprising a resevoir that contains a sponge like layer and porous holes in the design that, when used, will force ink or dye into the sponge like layer of the device and then finally through the porous holes in the design or image to print continuously as pressure is exerted with each step. 
     
     
         17 ) The device of  claim 16 , further comprising a resevoir that will allow for the use of different types of inks, dyes or other kinds of fluid that can be used to make a mark. 
     
     
         18 ) The device of  claim 17 , further comprising the marks that can be made to be made permanently, semi-permanently, non-permanently or in a biodegradable fashion. 
     
     
         19 ) The device of  claim 18 , further comprising a method of use to make marks on human skin. 
     
     
         20 ) The method of use of the stamping device as a stamping device. 
     
     
         21 ) The method of use of the stamping device as a waterproof compartment for storage by inserting the device into or onto any portion of the footwear.