Footwear accessory
AssigneeChina Cat, Inc.
InventorAudra Gerhardt
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Abstract
A strap for a shoe has a first resilient and flexible fabric element extending from a first end to a second end and a clear flexible element substantially fixed at respective ends of the clear flexible element to corresponding ends of the first fabric element. Methods of assembly and of use are described.
Claims20
A shoe accessory comprising a strap sized to extend under a portion of a person's shoe and about at least one of a person's foot and ankle, wherein the strap has a length and a width and wherein the length is greater than the width, wherein the strap includes a first resilient and flexible portion extending from a first end portion to a second end portion and wherein the strap further includes a second at least translucent portion extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, and wherein the second at least translucent portion is sized sufficiently long so that the second at least translucent portion can extend completely under a portion of a person's shoe.
A shoe and strap combination comprising a shoe having a heel portion and a toe portion and a sole portion between the heel and toe portions and a strap having a first strap portion extending above the sole portion between first and second end portions of the first strap portion and a second strap portion extending below the sole portion and wherein the second strap portion extends between the first and second end portions of the first strap portion, and wherein the second strap portion is configured so that the sole portion of the shoe is visible through the second strap portion.
A method of placing a strap on a person's foot and ankle, the method comprising stretching a closed-loop strap and placing the strap so that a portion of the strap extends over a portion of a shoe on the person's foot and positioning a second portion of the strap under a portion of the shoe and adjusting a position of the second portion of the strap such that a portion of the shoe is visible through the second portion of the strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.