Overboot
OwnerLinda Jo Nelson, Christopher Hawker +2inventors
InventorsLinda Jo Nelson, Christopher Hawker, Jessica Moreland, Christopher Trunek
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Abstract
This invention provides an overboot consists of an upper portion made of fabric and a lower portion, or sole, which is made of a rugged flexible material such as rubber or thermoelastomer. The upper portion has a front, a back, an inside, an outside, and an interior. The upper portion has an opening to allow a foot of a user wearing a shoe or ski boot to enter the interior. In one embodiment, the opening of the upper portion may have a means of closure. The rear of the overboot opens in order to ease the insertion of the foot of the user. The rear opening may consist of either one or two vertical slits.
Claims20
An overboot comprising:
- an upper portion, the upper portion having a front, a rear, an inside, an outside, an interior, and a toe portion,
- wherein the upper portion is made substantially of an elastic
- material and the interior volume defined by the upper portion is sized and shaped to compliantly engage a shoe or boot,
- wherein the upper portion having an opening to allow a foot wearing a shoe or a ski boot to enter the interior,
- wherein the rear of the upper portion is capable of forming an opening in order to ease the insertion of a foot of a user,
- wherein the rear opening has a closure means;
- a lower portion, the lower portion forming a heel and a sole, the lower portion being made of a rugged flexible material.
An overboot comprising:
- an upper portion, the upper portion having a front, a rear, an inside, an outside, and an interior, wherein the upper portion is made substantially of an elastic or inelastic material, wherein the upper portion having an opening to allow a foot wearing a shoe or a ski boot to enter the interior,
- wherein the rear of the upper portion is capable of forming an opening in order to ease the insertion of a foot of a user, wherein the opening has a closure means;
- a lower portion, the lower portion forming a heel and a sole, the lower portion being made of a rugged flexible material;
- and one or more adjustable straps, the straps being positioned to reach from the rear of the overboot around a calf or over a foot to ensure a secure fit, and there is a loop of inelastic material extending upward from the rear of the lower portion configured to be grasped by the hand of a wearer.
An overboot comprising:
- an upper portion, the upper portion having a front, a rear, an inside, an outside, and an interior, wherein the upper portion is made substantially of an elastic or inelastic material, wherein the upper portion having an opening to allow a foot wearing a shoe or a ski boot to enter the interior, wherein the rear of the upper portion is capable of forming an opening in order to ease the insertion of a foot of a user, wherein the opening has a closure means;
- a lower portion, the lower portion forming a heel and a sole, the lower portion being made of a rugged flexible material, the sole being a rocker sole;
- and one or more adjustable straps, the straps being positioned to reach from the rear of the overboot around a calf or over a foot to ensure a secure fit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.