Child's overshoe
OwnerBernadette Mugfordinventor
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Abstract
An overshoe especially suitable for wear by young children is provided. The overshoe comprises a loosely-fitting outer boot of flexible material having a snug-fitting expandable liner. The expandable liner is pulled outside the boot and the wearer's shoe is placed in position in the liner. The shoe is then slipped into the boot, pulling the liner back into place. Ankle straps and a drawstring closure are provided in order to afford a snug fit and to keep the boot in place. The invention allows the parent to place the overshoe on the child's foot with the assurance that the child's shoe is in proper position in the boot. The invention also provides an overshoe which is not likely to slip off the child's foot along with the shoe. One size of the overshoe may be worn over a variety of shoe sizes.
Claims17
An overshoe comprising:
- a loose-fitting outer boot for receiving the shoe of a wearer, having a sole portion, two side portions, and a foot-receiving opening, said side portions extending at least above the ankle of the wearer,
- a sock-like liner of expandable fabric, one end of said sock-like liner being affixed to said outer boot at said foot-receiving opening, the other end of said sock-like liner being closed, said sock-like liner being substantially smaller in size than said outer boot, such that when the wearer's shoe is introduced, the sock-like liner stretches to fit snugly over the shoe,
- said sock-like liner, when pulled out of said outer boot, being capable of receiving the wearer's shoe before placement of the shoe into said outer boot through said foot-receiving opening, and
- means for securing said overshoe snugly at said foot-receiving opening,
- and means for securing said overshoe snugly at said ankle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.