Patent ID: 6397497
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A43B

Abstract:
A decorative reversible cover for a shoe tongue adapted for displaying a decorative indicia on the top surface of a shoe tongue, comprising:a pouch having a first fragment and a second fragment, having a top, a bottom, and two sides separated by an opposed interior and exterior surfaces, the second fragment having a top, a bottom and two sides separated by an opposed interior and exterior surfaces, the two sides and the bottom of the interior surface of the first fragment being affixed to the two sides in the bottom of the interior surface of the second fragment to form a pouch therebetween with a closed end and an open end, the closed end forming a complete and flat seal between the first fragment and the second fragment along the entire bottom and between the two sides of each fragment so that the closed end of the pouch acts as a stopping means for the tongue when the pouch is in use, the pouch further defining a pouch length between the closed end and the open end, the pouch length being approximately equal to the length of the tongue of the footwear, a decorative design displayed on the exterior surface of the both the first fragment and the second fragment, an elastic band affixed along the top of the interior surface of the second fragment and perpendicular to the two sides of the sides of the second fragment, the elastic band having a first end and a second end extending outwardly from the two sides of the second fragment, at least two strap fasteners adhere to the first end and the second end respectively, the strap fasteners located on the first end and the second end respectively facing in the direction of the first fragment, a strap affixed along the top of the exterior surface of the first fragment, said two strap fasteners and said strap affixed along the exterior surface of the first fragment co-acting to secure said pouch to a shoe tongue when in use in a flat disposition to prevent bulging of said strap fasteners when in the secured position in use over the tongue of the footwear, whereby the strap fastener of the first end and the strap fastener of the second end may be folded and adhered to the strap affixed to the top of the exterior surface of the first fragment to attach the second fragment to the first fragment to secure the pouch to a tongue of the footwear upon the tongue being inserted into and received by the open end of the pouch between the first fragment and the second fragment.