Patent ID: 6981340

Claim:
A footwear protective device for protecting the top of footwear while riding a motorcycle having a foot actuated gear shift actuator, the protective device comprising a sole made of water impermeable material having a periphery and a generally flat bottom; an upper of bodily flexible material secured adjacent the periphery of the sole to provide a rearwardly open receptacle for receiving a toe end of footwear of a motorcycle rider, the upper having at least one perforation allowing air movement adjacent the footwear of the rider, the upper being substantially more flexible than the sole, the upper having sides and a top, the top extending to a location where a rearwardly and upwardly inclined portion of the footwear ends and having a rearward end rearward of the sides, a rearward edge of the sides extending rearwardly upwardly at an acute angle from the sole to the top rearward end, the upper thereby protecting the top of the footwear from adjacent a toe of the footwear to the location where the rearwardly upwardly inclined portion of the footwear ends; and an adjustable strap secured to the protective device providing a loop for extending around the footwear of the rider for attaching the protective device to the rider, the loop having a maximum distance from the toe, the sole terminating about midway between the maximum distance of the loop and the toe; the adjustable strap comprises a first section on one side of the upper including a first forked portion having a first lower leg attached to the side and a second upper leg attached to the top adjacent the rearward end and a second section on an opposite side of the upper including a second forked portion having a third lower leg attached to the side and a fourth upper leg attached to the top adjacent the rearward end, and an elongate connector extending around a heel of the footwear and securing the first and second forked portions together in an adjustable manner.