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US 8,215,030 B2Granted
Overshoe
Assignee311 Industries, Inc.
InventorsDavid Bowen, Christopher Cataldo
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Abstract
An overshoe that covers a footwear structure for protecting a walking surface. The overshoe includes a base and an upstanding portion, which extends around at least a portion of the base. A protrusion extends inwardly from an inner surface of the upstanding portion. The protrusion engages the footwear structure for releasably retaining the overshoe to the footwear structure.
Claims19
An overshoe for use with a footwear, said overshoe comprising:
- a base having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an upstanding portion extending generally upwardly and away from and along an entire periphery of said base, said upstanding portion defining a front end adjacent said distal end of said base and a rear end adjacent said proximal of said base and lateral and medial sides disposed between said front and rear ends;
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- a plurality of resilient protrusions connected to and extending away from an inner surface of a respective one of said lateral and medial sides and an inner surface of at least one of said front and rear ends of said upstanding portion, said plurality of protrusions configured to generally retain said footwear to said overshoe when said footwear is received within said overshoe, wherein each of said plurality of resilient protrusions are spaced apart both vertically and horizontally with respect to one another.
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An overshoe for use with a footwear, said overshoe comprising:
- a base having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an upstanding portion extending generally upwardly around a periphery of said base, said upstanding portion defining a front end adjacent said distal end of said base and a rear end adjacent said proximal of said base and lateral and medial sides disposed between said front and rear ends, wherein a portion of said front end of said upstanding portion defines a toe well, said toe well defining a cavity extending over a portion of said distal end of said base, said toe well configured to receive a portion of a footwear structure toe of said footwear, said upstanding portion tapers from said toe well to said proximal end of said base to provide a shallow upstanding portion at said rear end of said upstanding portion, said shallow upstanding portion having a reduced height compared to a height of said toe well;
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- a plurality of resilient protrusions spaced apart both vertically and horizontally with respect to one another, at least some of said plurality of protrusions being connected to extending away from an inner surface of a portion of a respective one of said lateral and said medial sides of said upstanding portion,
- wherein said shallow upstanding portion allows sliding insertion of said footwear structure toe into said toe well and said plurality of resilient protrusions are configured to generally retain said footwear to said overshoe when said footwear structure toe is received within said toe well.
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A footwear system comprising:
- a footwear comprising a sole and an upper extending over a portion of said sole, said upper configured to retain a user's foot to said footwear;
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- an overshoe comprising:
- a base having a proximal end and a distal end;
- an upstanding portion extending generally upwardly around a periphery of said base, said upstanding portion defining a front end adjacent said distal end of said base and a rear end adjacent said proximal of said base and lateral and medial sides disposed between said front and rear ends, wherein a portion of said front end of said upstanding portion defines a toe well, said toe well defining a cavity extending over a portion of said distal end of said base, said toe well configured to receive a portion of said upper of said footwear, said upstanding portion tapers from said toe well to said proximal end of said base to provide a shallow upstanding portion at said rear end of said upstanding portion, said shallow upstanding portion having a reduced height compared to a height of said toe well;
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- a plurality of resilient protrusions spaced apart both vertically and horizontally with respect to one another, at least some of said plurality of protrusions being connected to extending away from an inner surface of a portion of a respective one of said lateral and said medial sides of said upstanding portion,
- wherein said shallow upstanding portion allows sliding insertion of a portion of said upper of said footwear into said toe well and said plurality of resilient protrusions are configured to generally retain said footwear to said overshoe when said portion of said upper of said footwear is received within said toe well.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.