Patent ID: 8038583
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: A43B,A63B

Abstract:
1. A shoe accessory configured for temporary mounting to a shoe, the shoe accessory comprising: a platform having a top side for supporting a sole of the shoe, a bottom side opposite said top side, a toe portion and a heel portion, said platform being configured to bend in a region proximate a junction of said toe portion and said heel portion in a manner corresponding to bending of the shoe during walking movement; a base disposed on said bottom side of said platform, said base including a non-planar surface that causes said platform to be stable, relative to a flat surface supporting said base, in a longitudinal direction of elongation from said toe portion to said heel portion, and to be unstable, relative to said flat surface, in a lateral direction transverse to said longitudinal direction, said non-planar surface extending from said bottom side of said platform and being closed and continuous; a strap attached to said base, said strap being capable of securing said shoe accessory to the shoe; and a heel retainer joined to said platform proximate said heel portion of said platform, said heel retainer extending above said top surface of said platform, said heel retainer being shaped to receive a heel of the shoe, said heel retainer comprising a rigid central section for abutting a rearmost portion of said heel of the shoe, and a pair of opposed side portions extending from said heel portion toward said toe portion, said side portions being flexible relative to said central section, said side portions being capable of bending around and laterally embracing said heel of the shoe.