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US 2011/0030246 A1Published application
Heel protection device
OwnerMartin Mullerinventor
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Abstract
In a device for the protection of floors and/or heels, in particular stilettos, which includes a flexible hollow body (1) for embracing the heel (9), an end wall (2) of the hollow body (1) comprises a plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffening means (5) and the oppositely located end wall (3) is designed to be slotted.
Claims18
A device for the protection of floors and/or shoe heels, comprising a flexible hollow body for embracing a shoe heel, wherein
- a first end wall (2) of the hollow body (1) comprises a plate-shaped reinforcement or stiffening means (5) and an oppositely located end wall (3) of the hollow body (1) is designed to be slotted,
- the slotted end wall (3) comprises at least two slots (6) oriented radially outwards from a center of the slotted end wall (3),
- a support wall (10) is slotted, and is formed substantially parallel with the slotted end wall (3) and arranged in an interior of the hollow body (1), and
- material of the slotted end wall (3) and of the support wall (10) between the slots forms flexible gripping tongues (7), which are dimensioned to bend inwardly while sliding onto the heel.
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