Heel sheath protective cover for a shoe
OwnerFrank W. Donaldson, Ann Hargress-Wagnerinventors
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Abstract
A heel of a shoe is protected by a protective cover having a tapered sleeve with a wide top end, a narrow bottom end, and an opening in the wide top end for inserting a heel of a shoe, the sleeve formed of a stretchable, protective material. The protective cover includes an attachment tongue extending upward from the top end of the sleeve and attachment tabs extending upward from the top end of the sleeve. The heel of a shoe is inserted into the wide top end of the sleeve, with the attachment tongue and attachment tabs folded over the side and into the interior of the shoe so that a foot inserted into the shoe holds the attachment tongue and attachment tabs in place by frictional engagement between the foot and the interior of the shoe.
Claims25
A protective cover for the heel of a shoe comprising:
- a) a tapered sleeve having a wide top end, a narrow bottom end, and an opening in said wide top end for inserting a heel of a shoe, said tapered sleeve formed of a stretchable, protective material;
- b) an attachment tongue affixed to and extending upward from said top end of said sleeve;
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- c) a plurality of attachment tabs affixed to and extending upward from said top end of said sleeve, said plurality of attachment tabs spaced on opposite sides of said attachment tongue, wherein each of said plurality of attachment tabs is configured to extend into the shoe.
A method of protecting a heel of a shoe, comprising the steps:
- a) providing a protective cover for the heel of a shoe having a tapered sleeve with a wide top end, a narrow bottom end, and an opening in said wide top end for inserting a heel of a shoe, said tapered sleeve formed of a stretchable, protective material, an attachment tongue affixed to and extending upward from said top end of said sleeve, and a plurality of attachment tabs affixed to and extending upward from said top end of said sleeve, said plurality of attachment tabs spaced on opposite sides of said attachment tongue, wherein each of said plurality of attachment tabs is configured to extend into the shoe;
- b) inserting a heel of the shoe into said wide top end of said sleeve, with said attachment tongue extending upward at a back of the shoe and said attachment tabs extending upward at the side portions of the shoe;
- c) folding said attachment tongue into an interior of the shoe;
- d) folding said attachment tabs into an interior of the shoe, and
- e) inserting a foot into the shoe such that said attachment tongue and said plurality of attachment tabs are held in place by frictional engagement between the foot and the interior of the shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.