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US 8,407,917 B2Granted
Apparatus, system, and method for shoe cover
OwnerMichael Barrickinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for a shoe cover. The shoe cover is useful for muffling sound of the wearer. The apparatus contains a padded sole, an encasing material, vertical straps, an attachment mechanism on the straps, and a replaceable cover. The replaceable cover can be substituted when the replaceable cover becomes worn or when a different type of cover is desirable.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a sole comprising a bottom surface, a top surface, and a lateral surface, the lateral surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface and encompassing a perimeter of the sole, the perimeter of the sole having substantially the shape of a shoe sole;
- an encasing material attached to and covering the bottom surface and lateral surface of the sole, the encasing material having a plurality of vertical straps disposed on a perimeter of the encasing material and extending in a direction away from the bottom surface of the sole, the vertical straps having a distal end with a fastening mechanism connected with the distal end;
- a replaceable cover removably secured to the encasing material, the replaceable cover comprising flaps spaced around a main body of the replaceable cover, wherein the replaceable cover removably secures to the encasing material, the replaceable cover covering an area defined by the bottom surface of the sole;
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- an attachment mechanism configured to removably connect the replaceable cover with the encasing material.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a sole comprising a bottom surface, a top surface, and a lateral surface, the lateral surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface and encompassing a perimeter of the sole, the perimeter of the sole having substantially the shape of a shoe sole;
- an encasing material attached to and covering the bottom surface and lateral surface of the sole, the encasing material having a plurality of vertical straps disposed on a perimeter of the encasing material and extending in a direction away from the bottom surface of the sole, the vertical straps having a distal end with a fastening mechanism connected with the distal end;
- a replaceable cover removably secured to the encasing material, wherein the replaceable cover removably secures to the encasing material, the replaceable cover covering an area defined by the bottom surface of the sole;
- a cord connected to the encasing material by lace loops disposed on the distal ends of the vertical straps, the cord threaded through opposing lace loops and securing the apparatus to a foot of a user;
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- an ankle strap attached to at least one vertical strap, the ankle strap comprising a securable, annular material configured to secure to an ankle area of the user.
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A method comprising:
- providing a sole, the sole comprising a bottom surface, a top surface, and a lateral surface, wherein the lateral surface is disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface and encompasses a perimeter of the sole, wherein the perimeter of the sole is in the shape of a shoe sole;
- attaching an encasing material to the sole such that the encasing material covers the bottom surface and a lateral surface of the sole;
- providing vertical straps disposed on the encasing material, wherein the vertical straps comprise lace loops that receive a cord;
- lacing the cord through opposing lace loops such that the vertical straps can be pulled together by shortening the cord;
- providing an attachment mechanism configured to removably connect a replaceable cover with the encasing material;
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- securing the replaceable cover to the encasing material such that the replaceable cover covers the bottom surface of the encasing material, the replaceable cover comprising flaps spaced around a main body of the replaceable cover.
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A system comprising:
- a sole comprising a bottom surface, a top surface, and a lateral surface, the lateral surface disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface and encompassing a perimeter of the sole, the perimeter of the sole having substantially the shape of a shoe sole;
- an encasing material attached to and covering the bottom surface and lateral surface of the sole, the encasing material provided with a plurality of vertical straps disposed on a perimeter of the encasing material and extending in a direction away from the bottom surface of the sole, the vertical straps being provided with annular lace loops disposed on distal ends of the vertical straps, the vertical straps provided with encasing snaps disposed on an outer surface of the vertical straps;
- a replaceable cover removably secured to the encasing material, the replaceable cover removably securing to the encasing material by cover snaps which correspond to and removably secure to encasing snaps, the replaceable cover covering an area defined by the bottom surface of the sole;
- a cord laced through opposing lace loops;
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- an ankle strap attached to at least one vertical strap, the ankle strap comprising a length of fabric material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.