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US 4,461,100 AGranted
Driver's heel protector
OwnerIra L. Minor, Barbara A. Noeyinventors
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Abstract
This device is a driver's heel protector, including a flexible shield for placement against a rear end of a shoe, and straps attached to the shield for securement to a lower portion of the shoe and also around a wearer's ankle.
Claims1
A driver's heel protector, comprising, in combination, a shield for placement against the rear of a shoe, a lower strap for securing the lower portion of said shield to said shoe, and an upper strap for securement of the upper portion of said shield to said shoe;
- said shield being made from a flexible material, so as to conform to the contour of said shoe rear, and said straps being made from elastic;
- co-operative loop pile strips being provided on said upper strap for adjustability of length thereof;
- and an opening in the rear of said shield and a pad in said opening having a rear side that is flush with a rear side of said shield, said pad comprising a flexible, endless pad material rotatably mounted around a pair of spaced-apart pins secured to said shield, and means being provided to prevent said pad from rubbing against the surface of said shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.