Patent ID: 6836977
Filing Date: 2005-01-04
Classification: A43B,A43C

Abstract:
1. An anti-slip overshoe that fits over a shoe and enhances contact with the ground, the shoe having a forward toe portion, a rearward heel portion and a bottom for engaging the ground, the anti-slip overshoe comprising: a single flexible elastic piece having a ball, a heel, a connecting portion, an over-toe component, and an over-heel component; the ball and heel being connected by the connecting portion and each of the ball and heel having a tread pattern, the tread pattern having a plurality of gripping ridges and a plurality of spikes; the over-toe component being operably coupled to the ball with a plurality of stretch zones so that the over-toe component conformingly engages the shoe toe portion, wherein the over-toe component has a plurality of apertures, one of which extends between each of the stretch zones, and wherein the plurality of stretch zones each have an approximately equal width; and the over-heel component being operably coupled to the heel and being adapted to conformingly engage the shoe heel portion, the over-heel component having a plurality of apertures and having a plurality of stretch zones.