Strap fastening means for a sock and shoe combination
OwnerDon W. Gibbsinventor
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Abstract
The invention comprises a connector which can be detachably fastened at one end to the rear of a sock at or above the heel region and which can be detachably fastened at the other end to the outside of the rear or heel region of a shoe. This connector, when fastened, completely restrains riding or sliding of the sock into the shoe.
Claims8
A connector for fastening a sock to a shoe, the connector having opposite ends and a fastening means on one end for detachably grasping a sock at or above its heel region and a fastening means on the other end for detachably adhering to the outside rear or heel region of the shoe, which connector, when fastened prevents the sock from sliding or riding into the shoe during activity by the wearer of the sock and shoe.
A method of preventing a sock from riding or sliding into the heel cavity of a shoe during activity by the wearer of the sock and shoe, which comprises the steps of detachably fastening one end of a connector, which has opposite ends, to the heel region or above of a sock and the other end to the outside of the rear or heel region of a shoe, which connector has an adhesive on the shoe fastening end and a grasping element on the sock fastening end.
A sock and shoe combination in which the sock and shoe are detachably fastened together by a connector having opposite ends and a sock fastening means on one end and a shoe fastening means on the other end, the connector being detachably fastened by a grasping element to the sock at or above its heel region and by an adhesive to the outside of the rear heel region of a shoe, such connector preventing the sock from sliding or riding into the shoe during activity by the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.