Protective foot covering

A protective foot covering for preventing blisters and sores while running or walking. The protective foot covering includes a sleeve being adapted to fit about a foot of a user; and also includes an insert retaining member being securely disposed in the sleeve; and further includes a first padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve; and also includes a second padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a foot cushion and more particularly pertains to a new protective foot covering for preventing blisters and sores while running or walking.

2. Description of the Prior Art

While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new protective foot covering. The inventive device includes a sleeve being adapted to fit about a foot of a user; and also includes an insert retaining member being securely disposed in the sleeve; and further includes a first padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve; and also includes a second padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve.

In these respects, the protective foot covering according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of preventing blisters and sores while running or walking.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of foot cushion now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new protective foot covering construction wherein the same can be utilized for preventing blisters and sores while running or walking.

The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new protective foot covering which has many of the advantages of the foot cushion mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective foot covering which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art foot cushion, either alone or in any combination thereof.

To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a sleeve being adapted to fit about a foot of a user; and also includes an insert retaining member being securely disposed in the sleeve; and further includes a first padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve; and also includes a second padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new protective foot covering which has many of the advantages of the foot cushion mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new protective foot covering which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art foot cushion, either alone or in any combination thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a new protective foot covering which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new protective foot covering which is of a durable and reliable construction.

An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new protective foot covering which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such protective foot covering economically available to the buying public.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective foot covering which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective foot covering for preventing blisters and sores while running or walking.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective foot covering which includes a sleeve being adapted to fit about a foot of a user; and also includes an insert retaining member being securely disposed in the sleeve; and further includes a first padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve; and also includes a second padded insert member being securely and removably retained in the sleeve.

Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective foot covering that adds comfort to a user's foot.

Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new protective foot covering that reduces the pain to one's foot.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 3 thereof, a new protective foot covering embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 3 , the protective foot covering 10 generally comprises a sleeve 11 being adapted to fit about a foot 23 of a user. The sleeve 11 is adapted to snugly fit about a ball 24 and instep 25 of the foot 23 of the user. An insert retaining member 12 is securely and conventionally disposed and sewn in the sleeve 11 . The insert retaining member 12 includes longitudinal side edges 13 , 14 which are securely sewn and opposedly attached to an interior of the sleeve 11 thus forming a pocket in the sleeve 11 .

A first padded insert member 15 is securely and removably retained in the sleeve 11 . The first padded insert member 15 is generally a thin piece of material having a first end portion 16 , an intermediate portion 17 which is angled relative to the first end portion 16 , and a second end portion 18 which is angled relative to the intermediate portion 17 and which is disposed generally parallel to the first end portion 16 . The first padded insert member 15 is removably disposed against the interior of the sleeve 11 and between the insert retaining member 12 and the sleeve 11 . The first padded insert member 15 is adapted cover an arch 26 of the user's foot 23 and to extend from a top 24 of the user's foot 23 to a bottom of the user's foot 23 .

A second padded insert member 19 is securely and removably retained in the sleeve 11 . The second padded insert member 19 is generally a thin piece of material having a first end portion 20 , an intermediate portion 21 which is angled relative to the first end portion 20 , and a second end portion 22 which is angled relative to the intermediate portion 21 and which is disposed generally parallel to the first end portion 20 . The second padded insert member 19 is removably disposed against the insert retaining member 12 between the insert retaining member 12 and the first padded insert member 15 . The first and second padded insert members 15 , 19 are made of rubberized material.

In use, the extends the protective foot covering 10 about one's foot 23 and can slip a sock and shoe over the protective foot covering 10 and can either run or walk with the protective foot covering 10 .