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US 4,525,939 AGranted
Boot safety attachment
OwnerReginald K. McNeil, George Spectorinventors
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Abstract
A non-slipping attachment for a boot, shoe, sneaker and the like is provided and consists of a toe portion, a heel portion and a resilient center bridge for stretchably connecting the toe and heel portions. Both the toe and heel portions have a plurality of downwardly disposed ground gripping spikes. Another design has adjustable spikes for raising the footwear to different heights.
Claims3
A non-slipping attachment for a boot, shoe, sneaker and the like comprising:
- (a) a toe portion having a plurality of downwardly disposed fround gripping spikes;
- (b) a heel portion having an upstanding rear heel engaging flange and a plurality of downwardly disposed ground gripping spikes;
- (c) a resiliently stretchable center bridge secured between the toe portion and the heel portion;
- (d) a flexible toe surrounding member attached to the toe portion;
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- (e) an adjustable strap attached to the heel portion and across an instep for detachably securing the upstanding rear heel engaging flange to rear of a heel of the boot, shoe, sneaker and the like, wherein the flexible toe surrounding member comprises:
- (a) a vamp ring strap member having a first pair of outwardly disposed spikes of one size and a second pair of outwardly disposed spikes of another size opposite the first pair of outwardly disposed spikes;
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- (b) a tip strap member having one side attached to the toe portion while the other side contains a detachable loop portion attached to the vamp ring strap member so that when the detachable loop portion is opened the vamp ring strap member can be turned transversely around the toe portion whereby the spikes can be changed for raising and lowering the toe portion.
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