Heel protector
AssigneeGogo Heel, LLC
InventorsGrace Hwang, Nicolas Zadno
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Abstract
A shielding cup is provided for use with a self-fusing member or collapsible heat-concentrating accessory. The shielding cup is attached to a shoe heel as a temporary fix for a worn heel tip. The cup can be attached to the heel by a self-fusing member that binds to itself. The cup can also be attached by using a heat source and collapsible heat-concentrating accessory to concentrate heat on the heat-shrink version of the shielding cup.
Claims43
An apparatus that attaches to a stiletto heel to cover a tip of the heel, comprising:
- a shielding cup having a bottom base of durable, abrasion-resistant material, side walls extending away from the bottom base to an open top that serves as a receiving end of the cup;
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- a tape having a first configuration in which the tape can be laid flat and a second configuration in which the tape is to be disposed adjacent to the side walls of the cup such that a first portion of the tape overlaps with and directly contacts a portion of an exterior side wall of the cup, a second portion of the tape overlaps with and directly contacts a portion of the heel for at least a portion of a length of the tape and a third portion of the tape overlaps with itself.
An apparatus that attaches to a stiletto heel to cover a heel tip, comprising:
- a shielding cup having a bottom base of durable, abrasion-resistant material, side walls extending away from the bottom base to an open top that serves as a receiving end of the cup;
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- an elongate structure having a first end, a second end, a first side extending between the first end and the second end, and a second side opposite the first side also extending between the first end and the second end, the elongate structure being continuous and having a planar configuration wherein the first side and the second side are exposed and a wrapped configuration in which a portion of the first side and the second side is covered by a portion of the other of the first side and the second side, wherein the elongate structure is wrapped around the cup and a portion of the heel to provide overlapping layers of the elongate structure, wherein the first side of the elongate structure directly contacts an outside of the shielding cup and the first side also directly contacts the second side of the elongate structure outside at least a portion of an exterior side wall of the shielding cup.
An apparatus that attaches to a stiletto heel to cover a heel tip, comprising:
- a shielding cup having a bottom base of durable, abrasion-resistant material, side walls extending away from the bottom base to an open top that serves as the receiving end of the cup;
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- an elongate structure to be placed adjacent the side walls, the elongate structure being continuous and capable of being laid flat in an unwrapped configuration and capable of being wrapped around the cup and a portion of the heel to provide a complete periphery about the heel, wherein the complete periphery includes at least two layers of the elongate structure which layers are in direct contact with one another.
A method of attaching an apparatus to a heel of a shoe to cover a heel tip, the method comprising:
- providing a shielding cup having a bottom base of durable, abrasion-resistant material, side walls extending away from the bottom base to an open top that serves as the receiving end of the cup;
- providing an elongate structure having a first end, a second end, a first side extending between the first end and the second end, and a second side opposite the first side also extending between the first end and the second end, the elongate structure comprising a planar configuration;
- inserting a portion of the heel in the shielding cup;
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- wrapping the elongate structure about the shielding cup and the heel such that at least a portion of the first side of the elongate structure directly contacts an outside of the shielding cup and the first side also directly contacts the second side of the elongate structure outside at least a portion of an exterior side wall of the shielding cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.