Patent ID: 7937852

Claim:
A footwear and ankle wrap device configured for tightly encircling a wearer's ankle and upper rim of said footwear so as to both brace the ankle and block ingress of debris into said footwear, said wrap device comprising: an elongated article constructed of layers including a closed loop layer fabric to which is affixed a generally coextensive rubbery layer material that is both flexible and elastic so as to be pulled from an un-stretched condition to a stretched condition; said elongated article being generally rectangular in shape with a first and second end edge defining a width of said device; said first and second end edges spaced apart by first and, second elongated side edges defining a length of said device wherein said elongated side edges are longer than said end edges; at intersections of said first and second end edges with said second elongated side edge, said article is truncated so as to form diagonally cropped corners of said generally rectangular article; on said rubbery layer material and along said elongated article first end, a hook fastener element is affixed; whereby said elongated article may be pulled by its first and second ends about said footwear upper rim, and manually stretched to wrap tightly in a double smooth edged layer about said footwear rim and ankle, and fastened by said hook fastener into place said closed loop fabric layer to thereby block ingress of debris and simultaneously brace wearer's ankle against turnover and sprains; wherein said hook fastener element associated with said rubbery material comprises the sole attachment for said elongated article—to better define over the prior art of record.