Foot cover
OwnerJohn O. Petreyinventor
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Abstract
A lightweight foot garment which is made from a tubular shaped material to cover a human foot. The tubular shaped material being stretchably tight and snug fitting around the foot. An adhesive is applied to the bottom portion of the tubular shaped material such that the adhesive is soft and sticky-like when first applied then hardening into a gripping or non-skid type of material, thus forming the bottom of the foot garment. Alternatively, a smooth pad or non-skid type of material such as ground rubber or plastic may be applied to the bottom portion of the tubular shaped material, with the adhesive applied to secure the smooth pad or non-skid type of material to the tubular shaped material.
Claims13
A lightweight foot garment comprising:
- a tubular shaped material to cover a human foot;
- said tubular shaped material being stretchably tight and snug fitting around the foot;
- said tubular shaped material having a bottom portion;
- an adhesive applied to only specific areas of said bottom portion of said tubular shaped material such that said adhesive is malleable when first applied then hardens into a first gripping or non-skid type of material;
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- said specific areas being the area directly under each toe, the side opposite the arch of the foot, the base of each toe and beneath the heel of the foot.
A lightweight foot garment comprising:
- a tubular shaped material to cover a human foot;
- said tubular shaped material being stretchably tight and snug fitting around the foot;
- said tubular shaped material having a bottom portion;
- an adhesive applied to only specific areas of said bottom portion of said tubular shaped material such that said adhesive is malleable when first applied then hardens into a first gripping or non-skid type of material;
- said specific areas being the areas in which a bare human foot would contact the ground;
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- a plurality of spike shaped elements applied to said adhesive before hardening and further applying said adhesive over said plurality of spike elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.