Patent ID: 8291620

Claim:
A one-piece, removable ski boot sole guard, comprising: (a) a head portion comprising a substantially planar top head surface that is substantially parallel to an opposite, bottom surface of the boot sole guard; (b) a body portion adjacent the head portion, the body portion comprising a substantially planar top body surface that is substantially parallel to an opposite, bottom surface of the boot sole guard; (c) at least two pin grooves, a first, open-topped one of the pin grooves extending between the head portion and the body portion, a second one of the pin grooves extending in from a rear end surface of the boot sole guard at a different angle than the first pin groove; (d) two opposite guard sides, the guard sides being substantially parallel to one another, and substantially perpendicular to the top body surface; and (e) a plurality of projections extending in a downward direction from the bottom surface of the boot sole guard.