Footwear with exchangeable shells and shells for said footwear

Abstract

Footwear with exchangeable shells that comprises a base body ( 1 ), having first affixing means ( 2 ) and exchangeable shells ( 3 ) of different designs and/or ornaments that incorporate second affixing means ( 4 ), supplementary to the first affixing means ( 2 ), intended to be coupled to said first affixing means ( 2 ). The first affixing means may be part of a zipper or a hook and eye, or the shape of the footwear itself by using adaptable silicone shells or magnets, while the second affixing means are the supplementary means of the former. The first affixing means, in the case of the zipper, may be arranged on the sole or on the cut of the footwear. Coupling different shells with different ornaments, designs and/or colors is easily achieved with the invention.

1 . Footwear with exchangeable shell comprising a base body having first affixing means and exchangeable shells of different designs and/or ornaments incorporating second affixing means, supplementary to the first affixing means, intended to be coupled to said first affixing means. 
     
     
         2 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the first affixing means comprise a first half of a zipper and the second affixing means comprise a second half of a zipper. 
     
     
         3 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 2 , wherein the first half of the zipper comprises
 a tape and teeth, and   a box, a cursor, and a pull-tab   and in that the second half of the zipper comprises   a tape and teeth, and   an aglet.   
     
     
         4 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 2 , wherein the second half of the zipper comprises
 a tape and teeth, and   a box, a cursor, and a pull-tab   and in that the first half of the zipper comprises   a tape and teeth, and   an aglet.   
     
     
         5 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 3 , wherein the exchangeable shell is provided with fastening means that keep the pull-tab gathered against the surface of the exchangeable shell. 
     
     
         6 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 5 , wherein the fastening means comprise a folding strip. 
     
     
         7 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the first affixing means and the second affixing means are respectively configured by hooks and eyes or vice versa, wherein the eyes are coupleable to the hooks. 
     
     
         8 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the exchangeable shell also comprises a perimeter flap, intended to cover said affixing means in the coupling situation. 
     
     
         9 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the base body is formed by a sole and a cut. 
     
     
         10 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the base body comprises two first affixing means, upper and lower, wherein the first lower affixing means are located in the sole or base of the cut, and the first upper affixing means are located in the mouth of the cut. In addition, the exchangeable shell also comprises two second affixing means, upper and lower, which are arranged in a supplementary manner to the first affixing means to ensure the coupling of the exchangeable shell to the base body. 
     
     
         11 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the base body is formed by a sole. 
     
     
         12 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the exchangeable shell comprises a single silicone coupleable piece that in turn comprises a lower opening for its coupling to the base footwear and an upper opening for the insertion of the foot of the user, wherein the affixing means arranged on the base body are the curved shape of the base body itself, the heel, and the toe, while the second affixing means arranged on the exchangeable shell comprise a lower curvature, providing the coupleable piece with an enveloping configuration adaptable to the base body. 
     
     
         13 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the exchangeable shell comprises two lateral coupleable pieces, wherein the first affixing means are magnets, while the second affixing means arranged on the exchangeable shell in its lateral coupleable pieces are magnets, so said lateral pieces are magnetically joined to each other on the toe and heel of the base footwear and wherein said magnets are likewise located in the perimeter edge of the base footwear, as well as in the lower part of the lateral pieces, allowing a safe lateral fastening. 
     
     
         14 . The footwear with exchangeable shell according to  claim 1 , wherein the exchangeable shell comprises three independent coupleable pieces of a non-elastic material, such as leather, fabric, plastic or similar, intended to respectively envelop the toe, the intermediate area, and the heel of said shoe, wherein the coupleable pieces comprise magnets in their lateral sides and in the binding extremities with the adjacent pieces. 
     
     
         15 . An exchangeable shell for the footwear claimed in  claim 1 , wherein it comprises affixing means to the base footwear, either in its sole or in the base of the cut, consisting of a tape and teeth of a zipper, or a box, cursor and pull-tab, or an aglet. 
     
     
         16 . The exchangeable shell according to  claim 15 , wherein there are additional binding means on the upper edge of the shell, consisting of a tape and teeth of a zipper, or a box, cursor and pull-tab, or an aglet. 
     
     
         17 . The exchangeable shell according to  claim 15 , wherein the exchangeable shell has binding hooks or eyes in its internal face. 
     
     
         18 . The exchangeable shell according to  claim 15 , wherein the exchangeable shell is made as a single silicone coupleable piece. 
     
     
         19 . The exchangeable shell according to  claim 15 , wherein the exchangeable shell comprises two lateral coupleable pieces, which comprise a series of magnets in their extremities and lateral sides. 
     
     
         20 . The exchangeable shell according to  claim 15 , wherein it comprises three independent coupleable pieces of a non-elastic material, such as leather, fabric, plastic or similar, intended to respectively envelop the toe , the intermediate area, and the heel of the footwear.