Patent ID: 7108154

Claim:
An apparatus for assisting an individual in installing shoe coverings comprising: a shoe cover casing, the shoe cover casing having a front side, a rear side, a left side, a right side, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the top surface of the shoe cover casing having an opening, a quartet of tracks comprising a left front track, a right front track, a left rear track, and a right rear track, a plurality of folded shoe covers located within the shoe cover casing, the folded shoe covers being stacked on top of one another, each of the folded shoe covers being ovaloid-shaped, each of the folded shoe covers having a hole, each of the folded shoe covers also having an elastic liner that surrounds the hole, a quartet of holding devices comprising a left front holding device, a right front holding device, a left rear holding device, and a right rear holding device, the left front holding device being located in the left front track, the right front holding device being located in the right front track, the left rear holding device being located in the left rear track, the right rear holding device being located in the right rear track, an outer casing having a left side surface, a right side surface, a rear side surface, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the outer casing having a first end and a second end, a groove on the top surface running lengthwise along the outer casing, the groove having a first end and a second end, wherein the shoe cover casing is placed within the outer casing underneath the location of the first end of the groove, wherein upon insertion of a shoe into the shoe cover located on the top of the stack of plurality of shoe covers, and further wherein upon pushing the shoe forward through the front side of the shoe cover casing, wherein upon further pushing of the shoe forward until a foot or ankle passes through the groove onward toward the second end of the groove and the outer casing such that the shoe cover clears the shoe cover casing.