Patent ID: 8250779

Claim:
An overshoe comprising: a sole with a perimeter in the size and shape of a primary footwear sole, with a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a hindfoot region; a shaped flexible toe anchor piece located in the forefoot region of the sole and extending away from the sole, the shaped flexible toe anchor piece being split with a standing portion on each side of a long axis of the sole, each standing portion being integrally molded to the perimeter of at least one layer of the sole at the forefoot region and extending away from the sole toward the midfoot region and merging together along the long axis, wherein the shaped flexible toe anchor piece includes an aperture where the standing portions merge together; two or more flexible side anchor pieces located in the midfoot region of the sole and extending away from the sole, the two or more flexible side anchor pieces being integrally molded to the perimeter of at least one layer of the sole on either side of the midfoot region, wherein each of the two or more flexible side anchor pieces includes an aperture; and two or more flexible heel anchor pieces located in the hindfoot region of the sole and extending away from the sole, the two or more flexible heel anchor pieces being integrally molded to the perimeter of at least one layer of the sole on either side of the hindfoot region.