Patent ID: 8806780
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: A43B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A heel protector comprising a tubular structure adapted to cover a heel of a shoe, the heel protector having a strap section and a heel section, wherein the strap section comprises a band of material having a first strap end and a second strap end, and wherein the heel section extends from each end of the first and second strap ends toward the heel of the shoe and wherein the heel section has a vertical height that increases toward the heel of the shoe to form a wedge shape heel section for covering at least a portion of a back and two sides of the shoe, and at least a portion of a bottom surface of the heel, the heel section having: an inner surface located within the tubular structure; an outer surface located outside of the tubular structure; a plurality of alternating annular strips of material located on the outer surface of the heel section, the material having a first thickness, wherein the thickness is a dimension between the inner surface and the outer surface of the tubular structure at the heel section; and annular ridges separating the plurality of the annular strips, the annular ridges having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness of the annular strips.