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US 6,493,965 B1Granted
Sandal with toe guard
AssigneeBite, LLC
InventorDale Bathum
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Abstract
A toe guard for an open toe sandal is presented. The toe guard is formed of a curved panel of rigid plastic extending around and over the front toe portion of the foot bed of the sandal and can have a base wall disposed between an upper innersole and a lower outersole.
Claims12
An open-toed sandal for receiving a foot of a wearer, the foot having toes, and a heel, comprising:
- a foot bed with a toe portion and a heel portion, the foot bed being shaped and sized to support the wearer's-foot with the toes adjacent to the toe portion have a curved front edge portion positioned to be forward of the wearer's toes when the wearer's foot is supported on the foot bed;
- a foot-strap coupled to the foot bed;
- a separate toe guard comprising an arcuate guard plate having a bottom edge portion shaped to be adjacent to the toe portion connected to the foot bed only along the curved front edge portion, a curved top edge portion spaced apart from the bottom edge portion, and side edge portions interconnecting the top and bottom edge portion, the guard plate's top edge portion being out of engagement with the foot bed and the foot strap and shaped to maintain an open-toes configuration of the sandal, the guard plate having a concave inner surface adapted to form a barrier in front of the wearer's toes.
A toe guard for an open-toed sandal for receiving a foot of a wearer, the foot having toes, and a heel, the sandal having a foot bed with a toe portion and a heel portion, the toe portion having a curved front edge portion, and a foot-strap connected to the foot bed, comprising:
- an arcuate guard plate having a bottom edge portion shaped to be connectable to the foot bed adjacent to the toe portion only along the curved front edge portion, a curved top edge portion spaced apart from the bottom edge portion, and side edge portions interconnecting the top and bottom edge portion, the guard plate's top edge portion being out of engagement with the foot bed and the foot strap and shaped to maintain an open-toes configuration of the sandal, the guard plate having a concave inner surface adapted to form a barrier in front of the wearer's toes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.