Shoe cover
OwnerHoward Boydinventor
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Abstract
A Shoe Cover is disclosed. Also disclosed is a cover that allows a user to decorate their athletic footwear with an outer cover. The cover has an open bottom surface to enable it to be most easily donned and doffed from the shoe. The cover further has a plurality of apertures dispersed on its bottom surface through which cleats can pass when the cover is installed. A version of the cover is provided that reaches to up the wearer's calf area. Another cover is disclosed as having a cushioned area over the laces of the shoe to prevent bruising when the user presses the top of the foot against a rigid object. Finally, a version of the cover is provided that has a reinforced tip portion, such as for soccer players.
Claims18
A cover for shoes, comprising:
- an upper portion defined by an unbroken field of flexible material extending from a tip end to a heel end;
- an ankle portion extending upwardly from adjacent to said heel end, said ankle portion defining an upper cuff at its distal end;
- a sole portion extending downwardly from said upper portion and from said tip end to said heel end, said sole portion defined by a center aperture.
A cover for cleated footwear defined by an upper, a tip, a heel, a sole, and two or more cleat protrusions extending downwardly from said sole, the cover comprising:
- an upper portion defined by an unbroken section of flexible material covering said upper to extend from said tip to said heel;
- an ankle portion extending upwardly from adjacent to said heel, said ankle portion defining an upper cuff at its distal end;
- a sole portion extending downwardly from said upper portion and from said tip to said heel, said sole portion comprising a sole cuff defined by a center aperture, said sole cuff having a sole hem formed therearound and a band of elastic material encased in said sole hem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.