Shoe with magnetically attachable decorative accessory

Abstract

A shoe system having an attachable ornamental accessory, comprising a shoe including a toe-hold area including at least one detachable attachment device and including a heel-hold area including at least one attachment device. Also included is an attachable ornamental accessory comprising a length of material that can be removably attached at one end to the toe-hold area and can be removably attached at a second end to the heel-hold area. The length of material may comprise or include various types of ornamental objects.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shoe system having an attachable ornamental accessory, comprising:
 (a) a shoe formed to include a sole sized and configured to support a wearer's foot, a toe portion associated with the sole, and a heel portion associated with the sole, the toe portion including a toe-hold area and at least one attachment device associated with the toe-hold area, and the heel portion including a heel-hold area and at least one attachment device associated with the heel-hold area, and   (b) an attachable accessory configured to extend along at least a portion of the top of a wearer's foot from generally the toe area toward a wearer's ankle area, the accessory having a first end including at least one attachment device adapted to attach to the toe-hold area at least one attachment device and a second end including a strap comprising a first strap portion having at least one attachment device and a second strap portion having at least one attachment device, the first and second strap portions being adapted to wrap around a wearer's ankle, the first and second strap portion attachment devices being adapted to attach to each other and at least one of the first and second strap portion attachment devices being adapted to connect to the heel-hold area at least one attachment device.   
     
     
         2 . The shoe system of  claim 1 , wherein the toe-hold area at least one attachment device comprises at least one first fastener and the attachable accessory first end at least one attachment devices comprises at least one second fastener, whereby the first fastener and second fastener are detachably attachable. 
     
     
         3 . The shoe system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one first fastener comprises at least one fastener selected from the group consisting of a magnet, magnetically attractive material, clasp, snap, button, eye, hook, loop material, hook material, adhesive material, tab, and slot, and wherein the at least one second fastener comprises at least one fastener selected from the group consisting of a magnet, magnetically attractive material, clasp, snap, button, eye, hook, loop material, hook material, adhesive material, tab, and slot, the at least one second fastener adapted to detachably associate with the at least one first fastener. 
     
     
         4 . The shoe system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one first fastener comprises either a magnet or a magnetically attractive material and the at least one second fastener comprises either a magnet or a magnetically attractive material, the first and second fasteners being magnetically attachable to each other. 
     
     
         5 . The shoe system of  claim 3 , wherein the first at least one first fastener comprises a plurality of either magnets or pieces of magnetically attractive material spaced across at least a portion of the toe-hold area. 
     
     
         6 . The shoe system of  claim 5 , wherein the toe-hold layer comprises a toe-hold strap sized and configured to extend across the top of a wearer's foot, and the three or more toe magnets are configured in a symmetric pattern along the toe-hold strap. 
     
     
         7 . The shoe system of  claim 3 , wherein the first fastener comprises either a single magnet or magnetically attractive material that is curved to generally follow at least a portion of a wearer's toe area curve. 
     
     
         8 . The shoe system of  claim 1 , wherein the first strap portion can detachably attach to the second strap portion and either the first strap portion or the second strap portion can detachably attach to the heel-hold area attachment device. 
     
     
         9 . The shoe system of  claim 1 , wherein the first strap portion attachment device comprises at least one magnet or magnetically attractive material and the second strap portion attachment device comprises at least one magnet or magnetically attractive material such that the first strap portion magnet or magnetically attractive material can detachably attach to the second strap portion magnet or magnetically attractive material. 
     
     
         10 . The shoe system of  claim 9 , wherein the heel-hold area attachment device comprises at least one magnet or magnetically attractive material adapted to be attachable to at least one of the first strap portion attachment device or the second strap portion attachment device so as to retain the strap. 
     
     
         11 . A shoe system having an attachable ornamental accessory, comprising:
 (a) a shoe formed to include a sole sized and configured to support a wearer's foot, a toe portion associated with the sole, and a heel portion associated with the sole, the toe portion including a toe-hold area and at least one attachment device associated with the toe-hold area, and the heel portion having a strap associated therewith, the strap being adapted to wrap around a wearer's ankle, the strap comprising a first portion having a first end and a second portion having a second end, the first and second ends being detachably associated with each other; and   (b) an attachable accessory configured to extend along at least a portion of the top of a wearer's foot from generally the toe area toward a wearer's ankle area, the accessory having a first end including at least one attachment device adapted to attach to the toe-hold area at least one attachment device and a second end including at least one loop adapted to removably receive a portion of the strap.   
     
     
         12 . The shoe system of  claim 11 , wherein the toe-hold area at least one attachment device comprises at least one first fastener and the attachable accessory first end at least one attachment devices comprises at least one second fastener, whereby the first fastener and second fastener are detachably attachable to each other. 
     
     
         13 . The shoe system of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one first fastener comprises at least one fastener selected from the group consisting of a magnet, magnetically attractive material, clasp, snap, button, eye, hook, loop material, hook material, adhesive material, tab, and slot, and wherein the at least one second fastener comprises at least one fastener selected from the group consisting of a magnet, magnetically attractive material, clasp, snap, button, eye, hook, loop material, hook material, adhesive material, tab, and slot, the at least one second fastener adapted to detachably associate with the at least one first fastener. 
     
     
         14 . The shoe system of  claim 12 , wherein the at least one first fastener comprises either a magnet or a magnetically attractive material and the at least one second fastener comprises either a magnet or a magnetically attractive material, the first and second fasteners being magnetically attachable to each other. 
     
     
         15 . An attachable ornamental accessory for a shoe, the shoe comprising a sole sized and configured to support a wearer's foot, a toe portion associated with the sole, and a heel portion associated with the sole, the toe portion including a toe-hold area and at least one attachment device associated with the toe-hold area, and the heel portion including a heel-hold area and at least one attachment device associated with the heel-hold area, the accessory comprising:
 a body configured to extend along at least a portion of the top of a wearer's foot from generally the toe area toward a wearer's ankle area, the accessory having a first end including at least one attachment device adapted to attach to a toe-hold area at least one attachment device and a second end including a strap comprising a first strap portion having at least one attachment device and a second strap portion having at least one attachment device, the first and second strap portions being adapted to wrap around a wearer's ankle, the first and second strap portion attachment devices being adapted to attach to each other and at least one of the first and second strap portion attachment devices being adapted to connect to the heel-hold area at least one attachment device.