Instep guard for safety shoes
AssigneeRed Wing Shoe Compnay, Inc.
InventorRoy A. Smith
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Abstract
A protective accessory designed for application to the outside of a safety boot, and the combination of the accessory with the boot. The accessory includes a scuff top, for protecting the boot toe, to which a metatarsal cap may be hinged to give added protection to the boot wearer.
Claims5
A protective accessory for a boot comprising, in combination:
- a padded, rigid metatarsal cap having the general configuration of a saddle and extending from a lower front edge to an upper rear edge;
- a rigid scuff top, configured for application to the outside of the toe of a boot, and having a rear edge to arch over said toe and a front edge curved to engage said toe;
- a hinge of pliable material having a central hinging portion and first and second edges spaced from said central portion;
- first fastening means securing one edge of said hinge upon the outer surface of said scuff top along said rear edge thereof;
- and second fastening means securing the other edge of said hinge along said lower front edge of said metatarsal cap to form a complete protective assembly adapted to be fastened to a boot by fasteners passing through said front edge of said scuff top into the toe of the boot.
In combination, a boot having a sole and an upper with a toe having a rigid internal protective toe cap built therein, and a protective accessory secured to said boot along the front lower edge of said toe and including a rigid scuff top, configured for application to the outside of the toe of the boot, a padded, rigid metatarsal cap, and means hingedly interconnecting said scuff top and said metatarsal cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.