Step-on shoe cover and method of use thereof
AssigneeStep In LLC
InventorJoel Christopher Fersaci
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Abstract
A press on shoe cover includes a bottom layer and at least one bistable spring band. The bottom layer is sized to cover at least a bottom of a shoe. The at least one bistable spring band is attached to the bottom layer. The at least one bistable spring band having a stable planar position and a bias coiling position. The stable planar position is configured to hold the bottom layer flat. The bias coiling position is configured to wrap the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe. When the shoe cover lays flat on a surface and the bottom of the shoe is pressed down on the shoe cover, the bistable spring band is configured to move to the bias coiling position thereby wrapping the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe and securing the shoe cover on the bottom of the shoe.
Claims18
A step-on shoe cover comprising:
- a bottom layer sized to cover at least a bottom of a shoe;
- at least one bistable spring band attached to said bottom layer;
- said at least one bistable spring band having a stable planar position and a bias coiling position:
- said stable planar position is configured to hold the bottom layer flat;
- and
- said bias coiling position is configured to wrap the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe;
- wherein the at least one bistable spring band includes a length bistable spring band configured to extend a length of the bottom layer, the length of the bottom layer and the length bistable spring band being sized to extend from beyond a heel end of the bottom of the shoe to beyond a toe end of the bottom of the shoe.
A step-on shoe cover comprising:
- a bottom layer sized to cover at least a bottom of a shoe;
- at least one bistable spring band attached to said bottom layer;
- said at least one bistable spring band having a stable planar position and a bias coiling position:
- said stable planar position is configured to hold the bottom layer flat;
- and
- said bias coiling position is configured to wrap the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe;
- a top layer, said top layer being sized to match the bottom layer, said top layer being attached to said bottom layer with said at least one bistable spring band positioned therebetween, said top layer including a top surface configured for grip, comfort, or combinations thereof;
- wherein, said top layer and said bottom layer being sewn together via a pattern including pocket for each of the at least one bistable spring bands;
- and
- an elastic member positioned between the at least one bistable spring band and said top layer around the shoe cover in an outer channel approximate a perimeter created by the sewn pattern, wherein:
- when the at least one bistable spring band is in the stable planar position, said elastic member being configured to stretch to allow the shoe cover to lay substantially flat on a surface;
- when the shoe cover lays flat on the surface and the bottom of the shoe is pressed down on the shoe cover and the at least one bistable spring band moves to the bias coiling position, said elastic member being configured to constrict to wrap the perimeter of the shoe cover around at least the bottom of the shoe thereby securing the shoe cover on the bottom of the shoe;
- and
- when the at least one bistable spring band is in the bias coiling position where the bottom layer is wrapped around at least the bottom of the shoe and the shoe cover is secured on the bottom of the shoe, said elastic member being configured to stretch to allow the at least one bistable spring band to be unrolled and straightened out into the stable planar position thereby unwrapping the bottom layer from at least the bottom of the shoe.
A step-on shoe cover comprising:
- a bottom layer sized to cover at least a bottom of a shoe;
- at least one bistable spring band attached to said bottom layer;
- said at least one bistable spring band having a stable planar position and a bias coiling position:
- said stable planar position is configured to hold the bottom layer flat;
- and
- said bias coiling position is configured to wrap the bottom layer around at least the bottom of the shoe;
- wherein each of the at least one bistable spring bands including cap covers on each end of the at least one bistable spring band, said cap covers being configured to suspend their respective bistable spring bands above a surface when flat on the surface;
- wherein the cap covers suspending their respective bistable spring bands a set distance above the surface configured for allowing the bistable spring bands to move from the stable planar position to the bias coiling position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.