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Protective cover for shoes, boots and the like

  • US 5,251,386 A
  • Filed: 09/20/1991
  • Issued: 10/12/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A removable cover intended to protect the foot of a person in combination with a shoe worn by said person, particularly when the person is using a chainsaw to cut timber, foreset products and lumber the cover being wrapped around the shoe on the person'"'"'s foot and being substantially universal for a variety of shoe sizes, wherein the shoe includes a toe portion, an instep, a sole plane, said portions joining the instep and sole plane, respectively, and a back portion, the cover comprising a flexible multi-layer unitary member including an inner fabric layer, an outer fabric layer and an aramid lining therebetween, the aramid lining impeding the chainsaw and substantially jamming the same in the even the chainsaw is accidentally brought into contact with the cover and cuts into the cover, the cover further comprising a substantially-flat member having a central forwardly-disposed upwardly projecting portion slipped over the toe portion and instep of the shoe, the shoe being received within the cover as the cover is wrapped around the shoe, the cover having respective side portions including a left side portion and a right side portion, each side portion having a respective upper portion and a respective lower portion, the upper portion of each side curving downwardly toward the back portion of the shoe, the lower portion of each side curving upwardly toward the back portion of the shoe, one of the side portions having a rearwardly-extending tab formed thereon, the tab extending substantially continuously from the upwardly curving portion to the downwardly curving portion of side portions of the cover, the other side portion having a loop means thereon through which the tab is received, the tab being grasped and pulled through and around the loop means to tighten the cover on the shoe, first quick-release fastening means between the tab and the one side portion of the cover to secure the cover to the shoe longitudinally thereof, and means for detachably securing the lower portion of each side portion of the cover to the sole plane of the shoe whereby the cover is precluded from being separated from the shoe upon contact between the chainsaw and the cover.

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