Patent ID: 8087321

Claim:
A removable shoe guard comprising: a woven mesh hollow cylindrical tube for covering a foot operated gear shifting mechanism of a personal transportation vehicle, said removable shoe guard comprising an open end and a closed end; an inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface further comprising a bottom portion and a top portion having a downshift function area disposed thereon, said outer surface further comprising a non marring fabric material and a-polytetrafluoroethylene coating affixed to said non marring fabric material, said bottom portion defined by that area that comes into contact with a top of a shoe of a human operator who is up shifting the foot operated gear shifting mechanism of the personal transportation vehicle, said inner surface comprising a uniform texture and a coefficient of friction, with respect to the foot operated gear shifting mechanism of a personal transportation vehicle, that is larger than that of said bottom portion of said outer surface, with respect to the shoe of the human operator; and said inner surface further comprising an elastomeric lacing.