Toe guard

A toe guard to protect the toes of a human foot from externally imposed forces, said toe guard being generally dimensioned to fit a predetermined range of sizes of a human foot, said toe guard comprising:

• a sheet of flexible plastic material defining a sole, a tongue, and a bight, said bight being located between said sole and said tongue and being integrally connected therewith, and said sole and said tongue extending away from said bight such that said toe guard is generally U-shaped when viewed from the side and is open on the sides;
• the minimum width of said sole, tongue, and bight being wider than the maximum width of the selected human foot for which said toe guard is generally dimensioned;
• the length of said sole extending away from said bight being such as to extend beneath the ball of said selected foot and beneath at least a portion of the arch of said selected foot;
• the length of said tongue extending away from said bight being such as to extend over the instep of said selected foot;
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• the height of said bight being such that when said toe guard is placed on said selected human foot, a void is formed between said toes and said toe guard;
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• a connector for fastening said toe guard to said selected foot against longitudinal sliding movement along said selected foot.

A toe guard to protect the toes of a human foot from externally imposed forces, said toe guard comprising:

• a sole, a tongue, and a bight;
• said sole, tongue, and bight being integrally connected together, made of flexible plastic material, and configured so that when said toe guard is placed on the human foot, said sole extends beneath the ball of said foot, said tongue bends to fit over the instep of said foot, said bight is spaced from the ends of said toes, and a void is formed between said toes and said toe guard;
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• a connector for fastening said toe guard to said foot, said connector comprising a strip extending around said ball and said instep of said foot with the binding forces being generally orthogonal to the length of said foot such that no binding force components tend to pull said toe guard into contact with said toes.