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US 2026/0283310 A1Published application
Removable athletic shoe guard
OwnerCarolyn Richardson, Yvonne Richardsoninventors
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Abstract
A removable shoe guard includes a cover piece is attachable to a shoe. The cover piece covers the front, and some portion of the sides of the shoe adjacent the sole as well as a portion of the top and bottom of the shoe. The cover piece provides additional grip for activities such as skateboarding and also protects the shoe from wear.
Claims21
-17. (canceled)
A shoe guard comprising:
- a cover piece formed from an elastomeric material having a side portion, a top flange extending inwardly from a top of the side and a bottom flange extending inwardly a bottom of the side portion;
- wherein the top flange covers less than 3 inches of the top of a shoe when the shoe is disposed in the Shoe Guard and wherein the bottom flange covers between 0.5 and 4 inches of the bottom of the shoe from a front end of the shoe and wherein a plurality of vertical slots formed therein and spaced apart around the side portion for allowing a strap to extend around the cover piece by passing into and out of the slots.
The shoe guard of clam 18, wherein the cover piece has a textured surface formed thereon.
A shoe guard comprising:
- a cover piece comprising an elongate piece of elastomeric material, the cover piece having a side, a top flange extending from the top of the side and being configured for covering the top front portion of a shoe and a bottom flange extending from the bottom of the side and inwardly so as to cover at least a portion of a sole of a shoe and a plurality of similar slots placed along the side disposed in adjacent pairs for weaving a strap around the cover piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.