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US 6,412,195 B1Granted
Protective footwear for use with running shoes, sneakers
OwnerAundra Mack, Kimm Mackinventors
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Abstract
A one-piece toe plate is removably placeable inside the toe box of a shoe such as a running shoe, a sneaker or the like to protect the wearer's toes. The footwear can thus be used in a work situation requiring foot protection, but will be comfortable and amenable to changing shoes.
Claims17
A footwear construction comprising:
- a general purpose shoe having a soft, flexible upper, a soft, flexible vamp and a toe box;
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- a protective toe plate positioned inside the toe box of said shoe and including:
- a central section that covers a wearer's toes when said toe plate is in place inside the toe box of said shoe,
- two wings, each wing being located on said central section to be located adjacent to the sides of said shoe and interposed between one of the sides of said shoe and a big toe of the wearer and between another side of said shoe and a little toe of the wearer when said toe plate is in position inside the toe box of said shoe,
- an elastomeric cover on each wing of said two wings and
- a tapered wing section between each wing and said central section.
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A protective toe plate for use in footwear comprising:
- a central section that covers a wearer's toes when the toe plate is in place inside a shoe box of a shoe;
- two wings, each wing being located on said central section to be located adjacent to sides of the shoe and interposed between one of the sides of the shoe and a big toe of the wearer and between another side of the shoe and a little toe of the wearer when said toe plate is in position inside the toe box of the shoe;
- an elastomeric cover on each wing section of said two wing sections and
- a tapered wing section between each wing and said central section.
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A protective toe plate for use in footwear comprising:
- a one-piece body which includes:
- a hollow dome-shaped main section having a front tip, a rear edge, a bottom rim, said main section having an inside tip radius of curvature, an inside rear edge radius of curvature, two side radii of curvature, said side radii of curvature being similar to each other and different from both the tip radius of curvature and said inside rear edge radius of curvature,
- first and second wings, each wing extending from the rear edge of said main section to a rearmost tip, and including a top edge and a bottom edge, with the bottom edge being co-planar with the bottom rim of said main section, an inside radius of curvature that matches the inside radius of curvature of the side of said main section associated therewith, the top edge of each wing being curved with a first radius of curvature and a rearmost tip radius of curvature, and having a curvature of transition smoothly joining the first radius of curvature to the rear edge of said main section, said curvature of transition being curved in two planes and having a plurality of radii of curvature which smoothly connect said top edge to said rearmost tip radius and to the top edge of said main section,
- said main section having a main section height measured between the rear edge of said main section and the bottom rim of said main section, each of said wings having a wing height measured between the bottom edge thereof and the top edge thereof, said main section rear height being greater than said wing height;
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- a running shoe having a toe box, said one-piece body being releasably located inside said toe box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.