Boots – shoes – and leggings – Protectors
Patent
1979-09-07
1981-02-10
Kee Chi, James
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Protectors
A43B 1322
Patent
active
042493218
ABSTRACT:
A heel protector usable by both men and women comprising a cover means having a generally hourglass-shaped perimeter and adapted to shroud the back and bottom surfaces of the heel, and including two leaf members, each leaf member having a wide end, a narrow end and tapering peripheral margins extending therebetween. The heel protector includes a pocket formed by the attachment of the narrow ends, which serves to cradle the rear-most leading edge of the heel of the wearer. The heel protector is held securely in place by an elastic means adapted to extend around the instep of the wearer, which comprises a generally X-shaped web member connecting the peripheral margins of the leaf members so that the leaf members are drawn toward each other and into snug contact with the back and bottom surfaces of the heel when the heel protector is placed over the heel and instep of the wearer. In one embodiment, the heel protector may employ a cover means comprised of leaf members prepared from separate segments and material which have been juxtaposed, aligned along their narrow ends and bonded together, whereby the leaf members are biased toward each other, and the pocket, viewed in lateral cross section, subtends an angle of less than 180.degree.. The present heel protector is inexpensively manufactured and easily employed, and is adapted by its configuration to fit a variety of sizes and shapes of shoes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1489735 (1924-04-01), Briggs
patent: 2988830 (1961-06-01), Zacks
patent: 3063172 (1962-11-01), Beattle
patent: 3983641 (1976-10-01), Wright
Chi James Kee
Jackson David A.
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