Cover for bicycling shoe to provide a walking surface
OwnerRobert H. Meinhartinventor
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Abstract
A protective cover including a sole that provides a walking surface fits over a bicycling shoe that has a cleat attached to its underside. The cover includes a toe cup and a U-shaped wall at its opposite ends to engage the ends of the shoe. The upper surface of the sole defines a rectangular recess that receives the cleat. The sole, toe cup and wall are integrally formed from a single piece of molded material that can be stretched to snugly, but releasably, hold the shoe.
Claims3
For use with a bicycling shoe that has a cleat attached to its bottom surface to engage the pedal structure of a bicycle, a protective cover for adapting the bicycling shoe for walking comprising:
- a sole that provides a walking surface;
- a toe cup attached to the toe end of said sole for receiving the toe of the bicycling shoe;
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- an upstanding U-shaped wall extending from the heel end of said sole and opening toward the toe end of said sole for receiving the heel of the bicycling shoe;
- said sole being of substantially greater thickness than said cup and said wall and having a substantially greater thickness at the heel than under the ball of the foot;
- the upper surface of said sole defining a generally rectangular recess that extends from the portion of said sole corresponding to the ball of said foot into the arch area to receive the cleat of the bicycling shoe;
- said sole, cup and wall being integrally formed from a single piece of pliable, flexible, molded, natural or synthetic rubber that can be stretched to snugly engage the bicycle shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.