Patent ID: 7272898
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
1. A shoe protection device for protecting the heel of a shoe or boot comprising: a member having an arcuate backwall and opposed sidewalls joined to said backwall, said sidewalls being elastically deflectable to slip said device over a heel of a shoe or boot while allowing said sidewalls to relax and frictionally grip said shoe or boot to retain said device on said shoe or boot; said sidewalls have distal ends which, in a relaxed condition of said device, are disposed closer together than the distance between said sidewalls adjacent said backwall; said device is formed of an elastically deflectable perimeter core part formed of a substantially flat band of one of thermoplastic and spring steel and including two opposed substantially linear sections spaced apart and each joined at their opposite ends to opposed arcuate distal ends of said core part forming, in a developed plan view, a substantially oval shape, said distal ends of said core part defining said distal ends of said sidewalls; and a cover member formed of a flexible sheet material sleeved over said core part and positioned to entirely encapsulate said core part, said cover member having opposed ends and being open at one of said ends to allow removal of said core part from said cover member and replacement or placement of said core part in another cover member of one of a different color and different material, said cover member being formed of opposed panels at least partially secured to each other along a perimeter thereof.