Shoe Heel Cup Protection Device

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the base portion and heel engagement portion are formed as one unitary member.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the base portion is typically configured as a planar member with one circumferential upright extension. This extension is in the form of a cup with internal fins or ribs shaped to engage with a shoe heel.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any one of the proceeding claims wherein the heel engagement portion is formed from a resilient material, shaped and biased inwardly which in combination with a number of projecting ribs grips the heel once the heel is inserted into the bore.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims wherein the heel engagement portion includes, but is not limited to, five projecting ribs extending from the furrows in the base of the device to the top of the device placed about the internal surface of the cup in an equispaced arrangement, the entry of which is smaller in diameter to the base.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any one of the proceeding claims wherein the projecting ribs extend from the top of the device to the furrows within the ground contracting portion of the device.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the internal base of the device has a number of furrows or trenches equal to the number of projecting ribs from which the ribs emerge to enable projecting ribs to be altered by a shoe heel from base to tip without compromise to the internal base portion of the device upon which the heel pad rests.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the device will be manufactured in a single unitary manner in rigid plastic or similar forming a device of one continuous part.

A shoe heel cup as claimed in any of the preceding claims that will be biased inwardly to grip the heel once the heel is inserted into the bore.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein the projecting ribs, regardless of the number are deformed outwardly in order to allow the passage of the heel, and also grip the heel once inserted.

A shoe heel cup device as claimed in any of the preceding claims wherein projecting ribs may increase or decrease in number or made more rigid or stiff by increasing their projection and thickness to provide sufficient stiffness or resistance against the resilient deformation.

The cup device itself will typically be circular in appearance, but it may be shaped differently as shoe heels are typically D-shaped in cross section. Therefore the cup may be D-shaped as well.