Protective shoe cover
OwnerErica Linasinventor
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Abstract
A soft shoe cover protects shoes from stains from falling liquid and other matter. The shoe cover comprises a toe cup and arms. The arms wrap around the back of a user's ankle. The arms cover the top line of the shoe and leave the and heel and the lower portion of the quarter exposed. The arms are sufficiently wide to cover a topline of the shoe and an upper portion of a shoe quarter. The arms extend rearwardly from the toe cup and are joined behind the user's ankle. The arms and the toe cup define an open area around the shoe's heel. Releasable securing means, e.g., hook and mesh fastener, join the arms to hold the shoe cover in place. The construction provides adequate tensile strength for holding the cover to a shoe and around an ankle as a user moves, maintaining the shape of the shoe cover.
Claims20
A soft shoe cover for protecting shoes from stains and particulate matter comprising:
- a toe cup, said toe cup comprising a forward portion of said shoe cover formed to receive a forward portion of a shoe, the forward portion of the shoe comprising a toe and a forward portion of a sole;
- a rear portion surrounding a quarter of the shoe;
- a central portion intermediate said toe cup and said rear portion, said central portion covering an area comprising a vamp;
- a first arm integral with said toe cup and extending rearwardly from a first lateral side of said toe cup in a longitudinal direction, said first arm having a length to extend beyond a quarter of the shoe;
- a second arm integral with said toe cup and extending rearwardly from an opposite lateral side of said toe cup in a longitudinal direction, said second arm having a length to extend beyond a quarter of the shoe;
- releasable securing means at an end of each of said first arm and said second arm;
- said first arm and said second arm each being proportioned to cover a topline of the shoe and to leave a lower portion of the quarter and the heel exposed;
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- said shoe cover defining a lower contour extending from a point in vertical registration with a vamp to a position at the rear of the shoe along the quarter intermediate a heel and a topline.
A soft shoe cover construction including covering for selected portions of the shoe and uncovering of other portions of the shoe for optimizing shoe protection versus safety comprising:
- a forward section, a central section, and a rear section;
- releasable securing means providing tensile force between a front and a rear of said shoe cover;
- a forward portion for receiving a front of a shoe;
- said rear portion being unitary with said central portion and said forward portion and comprising said releasable securing means;
- said releasable securing means being closeable behind the rear of the shoe to provide the tensile force to maintain the soft shoe cover on the shoe;
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- said forward portion surrounding a toe of the shoe, said rear portion having an upper position located above a topline of the shoe, said central section and rear section defining a contour extending from the rear of the shoe to the forward portion, the contour exposing the heel of the shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.